Wiktionary

치

치 U+CE58, 치
HANGUL SYLLABLE CI
Composition:ㅊ + ㅣ
← 칗
[U+CE57] 		Hangul Syllables 칙 →
[U+CE59]
치칙칚칛친칝칞
칟칠칡칢칣칤칥
칦칧침칩칪칫칬
칭칮칯칰칱칲칳
츼 ←→ 카
See also: -치

Korean edit

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chi
McCune–Reischauer?ch'i
Yale Romanization?chi

Etymology 1 edit

First attested in the Neung'eomgyeong eonhae (楞嚴經諺解 / 능엄경언해), 1461, as Middle Korean 치 (Yale: chi).

Dependent noun edit

치 • (chi)

  1. (after a time or number of people) -'s worth of
    세 달 치 월급 ― se dal chi wolgeup ― three months' worth of salary
  2. (dated, derogatory, after an adnominal or determiner) person
    Synonym: 놈 (nom)

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Korean word from 癡 (“foolish, stupid”).

Noun edit

치 • (chi) (hanja 癡)

  1. (Buddhism) moha, delusion, ignorance

Suffix edit

—치 • (-chi) (hanja 癡)

  1. someone who is terrible at...
    ‎길 (gil, “road”) + ‎치 (-chi) → ‎길치 (gilchi, “someone with no sense of directions”)
    ‎기계 (gigye, “machine”) + ‎치 (-chi) → ‎기계치 (gigyechi, “someone who is terrible with electronics”)

Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Sino-Korean word from 齒 (“tooth”).

Noun edit

치 • (chi)

  1. Only used in 치를 떨다 (chi-reul tteolda) and 치가 떨리다 (chi-ga tteollida).

Affix edit

치 • (chi)

  1. tooth, teeth
Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

Of native Korean origin.

Counter edit

치 • (chi)

  1. (unit of measure) a chi or Korean inch, traditional unit of length equivalent to about 3.03 cm; nowadays most often used in idiomatic expressions.
    Synonym: 촌(寸) (chon)
Derived terms edit
  • 세치 혀 (sechi hyeo, “silver tongue, lip service”, literally “three-inch tongue”)
  • 한 치 앞도 모르다 (han chi apdo moreuda, “to not know anything about the future”, literally “to not know what is one inch in front”)

Etymology 5 edit

Sino-Korean word from 値 (“value”).

Noun edit

치 • (chi) (hanja 値)

  1. (mathematics, dated) Synonym of 값 (gap, “value”).

Suffix edit

—치 • (-chi) (hanja 値)

  1. value
    ‎계산 (gyesan, “calculation”) + ‎치 (-chi) → ‎계산치 (gyesanchi, “calculated value”)
    ‎측정 (cheukjeong, “measurement”) + ‎치 (-chi) → ‎측정치 (cheukjeongchi, “measured value”)

Derived terms edit

Etymology 6 edit

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, from the Middle Korean reading 치 (Yale: chi). Note that in many cases, the Middle Korean form is not attested and the form is reconstructed based on Middle Chinese and modern Korean correspondences.

Syllable edit

치 (chi)

Extended content
  1. 齒:
    (MC reading: 齒 (MC tsyhiX))
  2. 熾:
    (MC reading: 熾 (MC tsyhiH))
  3. 侈:
    (MC reading: 侈 (MC tsyheX))
  4. 淄:
    (MC reading: 淄)
  5. 蚩:
    (MC reading: 蚩 (MC tsyhi))
  6. 卮:
    (MC reading: 卮)
  7. 哆:
    (MC reading: 哆 (MC tsyheX))
  8. 寘:
    (MC reading: 寘 (MC tsyeH))
  9. 巵:
    (MC reading: 巵 (MC tsye))
  10. 畤:
    (MC reading: 畤 (MC tsyiX|dzyiX|driX))
  11. 痓:
    (MC reading: 痓 (MC tsyhijH))
  12. 菑:
    (MC reading: 菑)
  13. 薙:
    (MC reading: 薙 (MC zijX|drijX|thejH))
  14. 錙:
    (MC reading: 錙 (MC tsri))
  15. 阤:
    (MC reading: 阤 (MC drjeX|syeX))
  16. 鯔:
    (MC reading: 鯔 (MC tsri))
  17. 鴙:
    (MC reading: 鴙)
  18. 鴟:
    (MC reading: 鴟 (MC tsyhij))
  19. 鵄:
    (MC reading: 鵄 (MC tsyhij))

Etymology 7 edit

Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters, from the Middle Korean reading 티 (Yale: thi). In Early Modern Korean, and in the contemporary Pyong'an and Yukjin dialects, these are traditionally still read as 티 (ti).

Note that in many cases, the Middle Korean (or Early Modern or Pyong'an) form is not attested, and the form is reconstructed based on Middle Chinese and modern Korean correspondences.

Syllable edit

치 (chi)

Extended content
  1. 治:
    (MC reading: 治 (MC dri|drijH|driH))
  2. 置:
    (MC reading: 置 (MC triH))
  3. 値:
    (MC reading: 値)
  4. 致:
    (MC reading: 致 (MC trijH))
  5. 恥:
    (MC reading: 恥 (MC trhiX))
  6. 稚:
    (MC reading: 稚 (MC drijH))
  7. 峙:
    (MC reading: 峙 (MC driX))
  8. 雉:
    (MC reading: 雉 (MC drijX))
  9. 緻:
    (MC reading: 緻 (MC drijH))
  10. 馳:
    (MC reading: 馳 (MC drje))
  11. 痴:
    (MC reading: 痴 (MC trhi))
  12. 痔:
    (MC reading: 痔 (MC driX))
  13. 穉:
    (MC reading: 穉)
  14. 絺:
    (MC reading: 絺 (MC trhij))
  15. 薙:
    (MC reading: 薙 (MC zijX|drijX|thejH))
  16. 褫:
    (MC reading: 褫 (MC drje|drjeX|trhjeX|trhiX))
  17. 豸:
    (MC reading: 豸 (MC drjeX|dreaX))
  18. 跱:
    (MC reading: 跱 (MC driX))
  19. 阤:
    (MC reading: 阤 (MC drjeX|syeX))
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