자
See also: -자
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| 자작잒잓잔잕잖 잗잘잙잚잛잜잝 잞잟잠잡잢잣잤 장잦잧잨잩잪잫 | |
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Korean
Etymology 1
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕa̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [자]
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| Revised Romanization? | ja |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ja |
| McCune–Reischauer? | cha |
| Yale Romanization? | ca |
Noun
자 • (ja)
- (hanja: 字) letter, character
- (hanja: 者): a person
- (hanja: 紫): purple; violet
- (hanja: 子):
- (hanja: 慈): benevolence, loving-kindness, metta
Numeral
자 • (ja) (hanja 秭)
- 1024
Syllable
자 • (ja)
- 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 2
First attested as Late Old Korean 尺 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사)[1], 1103.
In the hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 잫 (Yale: cah).
Noun
자 • (ja)
- ruler, rule, straightedge
- (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 3
자 • (ja)
- present of 자다 (jada, “to sleep”)