ち

Character	ち
Unicode name	HIRAGANA LETTER TI
Unicode block	Hiragana
Codepoint	U+3061

See also: ら and さ

Japanese

Stroke order

Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 知 in the cursive sōsho style.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi]

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Syllable

ち (Hepburn romanization chi)

1. The hiragana syllable ち (chi), whose equivalent in katakana is チ (chi). It is the seventeenth syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is た行い段 (TA-gyō, I-dan; “row TA, section I”).

Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ち (chi) see: Special:Allpages/ち

Derived terms

• ちゃ (cha)
• ちゅ (chu)
• ちょ (cho)
• ぢ (ji)
  • ぢゃ (ja)
  • ぢゅ (ju)
  • ぢょ (jo)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Noun

ち (romaji chi)

1. 血: blood
2. 地: ground, place

Suffix

ち (romaji -chi)

1. 地: place
2. 値: level, value

Kanji reading

ち (romaji chi)

1. 血: blood
2. 地: earth
3. 知: knowledge
4. 智: wisdom
5. 千: a thousand, many
6. 池: pond,pool
7. 治: govern, heal
8. 置: place, set, keep, station
9. 値: price, value
10. 乳: breast, milk
11. 恥: shame, embarrassment
12. 致: lead to, do
13. 遅: slow, late
14. 痴: foolish, stupid
15. 稚: infantile
16. 弛: loosen, sag
17. 茅: thatch, reeds, grass
18. 薙: mow, shave
19. 馳: run, dash
20. 魑: sprite, hobgoblin