ち

See also: 5, ら, さ, ぢ, 𠀁, and ㄘ

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi]

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Etymology 1

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

Syllable

ち (romaji chi)

1. The hiragana syllable ち (chi). Its equivalent in katakana is チ (chi). It is the seventeenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is た行い段 (ta-gyō i-dan, “row ta, section i”).

Derived terms

• ちゃ (cha), ちゅ (chu), ちょ (cho)
• ぢ (ji)

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, こ𛄲 (𛄲)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, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐 (𛅐)ゐ゙, 𛄟 (𛄟), ゑ𛅑 (𛅑)ゑ゙, を𛅒 (𛅒)を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Counter

ち • (-chi) 

1. 日:
2. 個, 箇:

Noun

ち • (chi) 

1. 千: thousand
2. 父: term of respect for a boy
3. 血: blood
4. 乳: milk; breast
5. 茅: cogon grass
6. 家: house
7. 鉤, 鈎: fishhook
8. 霊: spiritual power
9. 地: ground, place
10. 治:
11. 知, 智: wisdom
12. 笞:
13. 痴: foolishness, foolish person; (Buddhism) ignorance, one of the three roots of the vice dharmas
14. 徴:

Suffix

ち • (-chi) 

1. 路, 道: (obsolete) attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place