자

Korean

Etymology 1

자작잒잓잔잕잖 잗잘잙잚잛잜잝 잞잟잠잡잢잣잤 장잦잧잨잩잪잫
이 ←	→ 재

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 자 • (ja)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅈ and ㅏ.

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [자]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ja
McCune–Reischauer?	cha
Yale Romanization?	ca

Noun

자 • (ja)

1. (hanja: 字) letter, character
2. (hanja: 者): a person
3. (hanja: 子):
   1. fruit; seed of
   2. rat (Chinese zodiac sign)

Numeral

자 • (ja) (hanja 秭)

1. 10²⁴

Syllable

자 (ja)

1. 仔, 做, 兹, 刺, 呰, 咨, 啙, 嗞, 姉, 姿, 嬨, 子, 孖, 字, 孜, 孳, 孶, 恣, 慈, 柘, 榨, 橴, 泚, 滋, 炙, 煑, 煮, 牸, 玆, 瓷, 疵, 眥, 眦, 磁, 積, 粢, 紫, 者, 耔, 胾, 自, 茈, 茨, 茲, 莿, 蔗, 藉, 觜, 訾, 諮, 貲, 資, 赭, 趑, 鎡, 雌, 頿, 髭, 鮓, 鶿, 鷓, 齊

Etymology 3

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 잫 (Yale: cah).

Noun

자 • (ja)

1. ruler, rule, straightedge
2. (unit of measure) ja or Korean foot, a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.

Synonyms

• (unit of measure): 척 (cheok)

Etymology 4

From Middle Korean 쟈 (cya).

Suffix

—자 • (-ja)

1. let's

   가자!

   gaja!

   Let's go!