じ

See also: し, レ, and 乚

じ U+3058, じ
HIRAGANA LETTER ZI
Composition:し [U+3057] + ◌゙ [U+3099]
← し
[U+3057] 		Hiragana す →
[U+3059]

Japanese
Stroke order

Etymology 1

The hiragana character し (shi) with a dakuten (゛).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑi], [ʑi]

Syllable

じ (romaji ji)

  1. The hiragana syllable じ (ji). Its equivalent in katakana is ジ (ji).
See also

Etymology 2

Counter

じ (rōmaji -ji)

  1. 時: hour, o'clock
  2. 寺:
  3. 次: number of times: an ordinal marker; number in a sequence, number of aspects or dimensions
  4. 箇:

Noun

じ (rōmaji ji)

  1. 柱:
  2. 地: earth, dirt; fabric, cloth; territory
  3. 字: letter, character
  4. 侍:
  5. 持:
  6. 時:
  7. 痔: hemorrhoids
  8. 辞: speech

Pronoun

じ (rōmaji ji)

  1. 児:

Suffix

じ (rōmaji -ji)

  1. 路: a road, a street; attaches to place names, indicating a road to that place; attaches to a time duration, indicating a trip taking that length of time
  2. 時: at the time of

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of じ – see the following entries.
【字】1
[noun]a letter, character
[noun]handwriting
[counter]letters, characters
【地】2
[noun]earth, dirt
[noun]fabric, cloth
[noun](game of Go) territory
【寺】2
[suffix](chiefly Buddhist) a temple
【時】2
[counter]hour, o’clock
[suffix]at the time of
【次】3
[counter]number of times: an ordinal marker
[counter]number in a sequence, number of aspects or dimensions
[noun](rare) order, sequence
[prefix](attached to nouns) the next, secondary, vice-
[prefix](chemistry) hypo- (used to distinguish the oxidation levels of various acids)
【璽】S
[noun]a seal or sigil carved into a jewel
[noun]more specifically, such a seal belonging to the Chinese emperor of the Qin Dynasty or later, or belonging to the Japanese emperor
[noun]八尺瓊曲玉 (​Yasakani no Magatama), the jewel that is one of the three sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan
【痔】H
(This term, じ, is the hiragana spelling of several Sino-Japanese terms.)
For a list of all kanji with on'yomi じ, not just those used in Sino-Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji with on reading じ.

Etymology 4

Suffix

じ (rōmaji -ji)

  1. (Classical Japanese, jodōshi) Attaches to the 未然形 (mizenkei, “irrealis or incomplete form”) of verbs to form the negative conjectural/volitional, equivalent to modern まい (-mai).
    • Iroha
      浅 (あさ)き夢 (ゆめ)見 (み)じ　酔 (え)ひもせず
      Asaki yume miji / Ei mo sezu
      We shall not have superficial dreams / Nor be deluded.
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