자치

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠t͡ɕʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [자치]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jachi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jachi
McCune–Reischauer?	chach'i
Yale Romanization?	ca.chi

Etymology 1

From 자 (ja, “a unit of length”) + -치 (-chi), a suffix often found in fish names.

Noun

자치 • (jachi)

1. The Korean taimen, .
2. Any fish of a similar length.

Synonyms

• 전장어 (jeonjang'eo)

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 22 (last accessed)) “자치”, in 표준국어대사전‎^[1]
• 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “자치”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 288

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 自治

Noun

자치 • (jachi) (hanja 自治)

1. self-government