지사

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕisʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [지사]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jisa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jisa
McCune–Reischauer?	chisa
Yale Romanization?	cisa

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 知事.

Noun

지사 • (jisa) (hanja 知事)

1. governor

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 指事.

Noun

지사 • (jisa) (hanja 指事)

1. (Chinese character classification) One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as 上 above and 下 below that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram.

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 地史.

Noun

지사 • (jisa) (hanja 地史)

1. geohistory

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 志士.

Noun

지사 • (jisa) (hanja 志士)

1. person of noble ideals

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 支社.

Noun

지사 • (jisa) (hanja 支社)

1. branch office