之

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Cursive form of 止.

Han character

之 (radical 4 丿+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈弓人 (INO), four-corner 3030₇)

1. ’s (marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase)
2. it, him, her, them
3. go to

Derived characters

• 乏 芝

Descendants

• し
• シ

References

• KangXi: page 82, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 125
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 43, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E4B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

之 (jyutping zi1, Yale ji1)

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Japanese

Kanji

之 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: ゆく (yuku), これ (kore), の (no)
• Nanori: ゆき (yuki)

See also

• 乃
• の

Proper noun

之 (hiragana すすむ, romaji Susumu)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

之
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 지 (revised: ji, McCune-Reischauer: chi)

• Name (hangeul): 갈 (revised: gal, McCune-Reischauer: kal)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 之

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Mandarin

Hanzi

之 (pinyin zhī (zhi1), Wade-Giles chih1)

Compounds

• 之後

Particle

之 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zhī)

1. Indicates that the previous word has possession of the next one. In English it functions like 's or like the word "of" but with the position of possessor and possessee switched. 的 (de) is more common but 之 is used in many set expressions.
   • 1John 1.1

     论到从起初原有的生命之道，就是我们所听见所看见，亲眼看过，亲手摸过的。

     Lùndào cóng qǐchū yuányǒu de shēngmìng zhī dào, jiù shì wǒmen suǒ tīngjiàn suǒ kànjiàn de, qīnyǎn kànguo, qīnshǒu mōguo de.

     That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

2. it (classical), same as 它 (tā).

Synonyms

• 的 (de)

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Vietnamese

Han character

之 (chi, giây, gì)

References

• Nom Foundation