자

자 U+C790, 자
HANGUL SYLLABLE JA
Composition:ㅈ + ㅏ
Dubeolsik input:w-k
← 잏
[U+C78F] 		Hangul Syllables 작 →
[U+C791]

Korean

Etymology 1
자작잒잓잔잕잖
잗잘잙잚잛잜잝
잞잟잠잡잢잣잤
장잦잧잨잩잪잫
이 ←→ 재

Syllable

자 • (ja)

  1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅈ and ㅏ.

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key)[t͡ɕa̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[자]
Revised Romanization? ja
Revised Romanization (translit.)? ja
McCune–Reischauer? cha
Yale Romanization? ca

Noun

자 • (ja)

  1. (hanja: 字) letter, character
  2. (hanja: 者): a person
  3. (hanja: 子):
    1. fruit; seed of
    2. rat (Chinese zodiac sign)

Numeral

자 • (ja) (hanja 秭)

  1. 1024

Syllable

자 (ja)

  1. 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 3

Of native Korean origin.

Noun

자 • (ja)

  1. ruler, rule, straightedge
  2. (Unit of measure) ja or Korean foot, a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.
Synonyms
  • (Unit): 척 (cheok)

Particle

자 • (ja)

  1. let's
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.