宇治

Chinese

		room; universe	to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal
simp. and trad. (宇治)		宇	治

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 宇治 (Uji).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Yǔzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁵ zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Yǔzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˇ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Yǔjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: Yü³-chih⁴
    • Yale: Yǔ-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yeujyh
    • Palladius: Юйчжи (Jujčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁵ zi⁶
    • Yale: yúh jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁵ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁵ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː¹³ t͡siː²²/

Proper noun

宇治

1. (～市) Uji (a city in Kyōto prefecture, Japan)
2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 宇治, Uji

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宇	治
う Grade: 6	じ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “variant of うち; ateji”)

Proper noun

宇(う)治(じ) • (Uji) 

1. Uji (a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname