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]

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Syllable

じ • (ji) 

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

See also

The Hiragana script
あぁ あ゙	かゕ がか゚	さ ざさ゚	た だた゚	な	は ばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら ら゚	わゎ わ゙	ん ん゙
いぃ い゙	き ぎき゚	し じし゚	ち ぢち゚	に	ひ びぴ	み	𛀆	り り゚	ゐ𛅐 ゐ゙
うぅ ゔう゚	く ぐく゚	す ずす゚	つっ づつ゚	ぬ	ふ ぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る る゚	𛄟
えぇ え゙	けゖ げけ゚	せ ぜせ゚	て でて゚	ね	へ べぺ	め	𛀁	れ れ゚	ゑ𛅑 ゑ゙
おぉ お゙	こ𛄲 ごこ゚	そ ぞそ゚	と どと゚	の	ほ ぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ ろ゚	を𛅒 を゙
Additional symbols:   ーゝゞゝ゚ゟ

Etymology 2

Counter

じ • (-ji) 

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

Noun

じ • (ji) 

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

Pronoun

じ • (ji) 

1. 児:

Suffix

じ • (-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] letter, character [noun] handwriting, penmanship [counter] letters, characters

【地】2 [noun] earth, dirt [noun] fabric, cloth [noun] (go) territory

【寺】2 [suffix] (chiefly Buddhism) a temple

【時】2 [counter] hour, o’clock [suffix] at the time of... [affix] time, moment [affix] at that time, chance, occasion [affix] hour, hourly

【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 [noun] (pathology) hemorrhoids, piles

(This term, じ (ji), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as じ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as じ.

Etymology 4

Suffix

じ • (-ji) 

1. (Classical Japanese) 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.

Usage notes

This word is morphologically an inflectional suffix. It is classified as 助動詞 (jodōshi, “auxiliary verb”) in traditional Japanese grammar.