置

See also: 寘

Translingual

Traditional	置
Simplified	置
Japanese	置
Korean	置

Han character

置 (Kangxi radical 122, 网+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 田中十月一 (WLJBM), four-corner 6071₆, composition ⿱罒直)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 948, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28298
• Dae Jaweon: page 1389, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2919, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7F6E

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		置

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (直) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
置	*tɯɡs
值	*dɯɡs, *dɯɡ
植	*dɯɡs, *djɯɡ
埴	*tʰjɯɡs, *djɯɡ
惪	*tɯːɡ
德	*tɯːɡ
稙	*tɯɡ
淔	*tʰɯɡ
直	*dɯɡ
犆	*dɯɡ
殖	*djɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tɯɡs) : semantic 罒 + phonetic 直 (OC *dɯɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴
    • Yale: jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi³
    • Yale: ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tì
    • Tâi-lô: tì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: triH

Rime
Character	置
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟吏切
Baxter	triH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈɨH/
Li Rong	/ȶiəH/
Wang Li	/ȶĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*trək-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tɯɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	置
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhì
Middle Chinese	‹ triH ›
Old Chinese	/*trək-s/
English	put, place; set upright
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	置
Reading #	1/1
No.	17261
Phonetic component	直
Rime group	代
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	置
Old Chinese	/*tɯɡs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 置

1. to put; to place; to plant

   • 置猿於柙中，則與豚同。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     置猿于柙中，则与豚同。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Zhì yuán yú xiá zhōng, zé yǔ tún tóng. [Pinyin]

     Put a (wild) ape in an animal cage and it will become (tender) like a suckling.

2. to establish; to set up; to install

   置君  ―  zhì jūn  ―  Appoint a ruler/monarch

3. to abandon; to set aside
4. to set free
5. to buy; to purchase

   • 鄭人有且置履者，先自度其足而置之其坐，至之市而忘操之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     郑人有且置履者，先自度其足而置之其坐，至之市而忘操之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Zhèng rén yǒu qiě zhì lǚ zhě, xiān zì duó qí zú ér zhì zhī qí zuò, zhì zhī shì ér wàng cāo zhī. [Pinyin]

     When a man from (the State of) Zheng wants to buy footwear, first he takes measurements of his foot, then goes to the market and forgets to bring them with him.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 置 – see 佇 (“(Min Nan) at”). (This character is a variant form of 佇).

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Japanese

Kanji

置

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. 置く: to put
2. (following a て-form verb) to do in advance; to do for some future purpose

Readings

• Go-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
• Kun: おく (oku, 置く, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 置(ち)換(かん) (chikan)
• 置(お)く (oku)
• 置(お)き場(ば) (okiba)
• 置(お)き時(ど)計(けい) (okidokei)
• 置(お)き換(か)わる (okikawaru)
• 置(お)き忘(わす)れる (okiwasureru)
• 箸(はし)置(お)き (hashioki)
• 仕(し)置(お)き (shioki)
• 仕置(しお)き場(ば) (shiokiba)
• 据(す)え置(お)く (sueoku)

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Korean

Hanja

置 • (chi) (hangeul 치, revised chi, McCune–Reischauer ch'i, Yale chi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 置 (trí)

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