痴

See also: 癡
痴 U+75F4, 痴
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75F4
← 痳
[U+75F3]
CJK Unified Ideographs 痵 →
[U+75F5]

Translingual

Han character

痴 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大人大口 (KOKR), four-corner 00160, composition ⿸疒知)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 774, character 38
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22257
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1185, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2681, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+75F4

Chinese

trad. 痴/癡
simp. 痴

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 痴
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 丑之切
Baxter trhi
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈʰɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈʰɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶʰie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈʰɨ/
Li
Rong
/ȶʰiə/
Wang
Li
/ȶʰĭə/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶʰi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ci1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 痴
Reading # 1/1
No. 11505
Phonetic
component
矢
Rime
group
之
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
癡
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰɯ/

Definitions

痴

  1. foolish; stupid; dumb; silly
  2. infatuated; crazy about
  3. (Buddhism) moha, delusion, ignorance
  4. (Classical or dialectal) mad; insane

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (痴):
  • → Japanese: 痴(ち) (chi)
  • → Korean: 치(痴) (chi)
  • → Vietnamese: si (痴)

Compounds

  • 一片痴心
  • 似醉如痴
  • 半痴不顛/半痴不颠
  • 呢呢痴痴
  • 如痴似醉
  • 如痴如夢/如痴如梦
  • 如痴如狂
  • 如痴如迷
  • 如痴如醉 (rúchīrúzuì)
  • 如醉如痴 (rúzuìrúchī)
  • 妍皮痴骨
  • 嬌痴/娇痴
  • 小黠大痴
  • 情痴
  • 愚痴 (yúchī)
  • 懵懂痴呆
  • 撒嬌撒痴/撒娇撒痴
  • 撒風撒痴/撒风撒痴
  • 書痴/书痴
  • 獃痴
  • 男痴
  • 痴人 (chīrén)
  • 痴人痴福
  • 痴人說夢/痴人说梦 (chīrénshuōmèng)
  • 痴倒
  • 痴傻
  • 痴兒/痴儿
  • 痴叔
  • 痴呆
  • 痴呆懵懂
  • 痴呆症
  • 痴姑娘
  • 痴姨
  • 痴子
  • 痴子望天坍,窮人望民反/痴子望天坍,穷人望民反
  • 痴心 (chīxīn)
  • 痴心女子負心漢/痴心女子负心汉
  • 痴心妄想 (chīxīnwàngxiǎng)
  • 痴情 (chīqíng)
  • 痴想 (chīxiǎng)
  • 痴掙/痴挣
  • 痴搭搭
  • 痴漢/痴汉 (chīhàn)
  • 痴然如醉
  • 痴物
  • 痴狂 (chīkuáng)
  • 痴獃
  • 痴男怨女 (chīnányuànnǚ)
  • 痴痴
  • 痴福
  • 痴笑 (chīxiào)
  • 痴肥 (chīféi)
  • 痴蟲/痴虫
  • 痴迷 (chīmí)
  • 痴那
  • 痴鈍/痴钝
  • 痴長/痴长
  • 痴頑/痴顽
  • 痴頭怪腦/痴头怪脑
  • 痴騃/痴𫘤
  • 發痴/发痴
  • 白痴 (báichī)
  • 花痴 (huāchī)
  • 詅痴符/𰵚痴符
  • 貪夫痴客/贪夫痴客
  • 賣痴獃/卖痴獃
  • 音痴 (yīnchī)
  • 風痴/风痴 (fēngchī)
  • 墨痴

Japanese

Kanji

Shinjitai

痴

Kyūjitai

癡
痴

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 癡)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
痴
ち
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
癡 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 痴 (MC trhi). Compare modern Mandarin 痴 (chī).

The Buddhist sense is a translation of Sanskrit मोह (moha, “folly, ignorance”) or मूढ (mūḍha, “fool”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

痴(ち) • (chi) 

  1. foolishness, stupidity
  2. (Buddhism) ignorance, one of the three roots of the vice dharmas

Affix

痴(ち) • (chi) 

  1. foolish, stupid
  2. senseless, mad
  3. craze, obsession
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
痴
おこ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
癡 (kyūjitai)
烏滸
尾籠
嗚呼 (rare)

⟨woko2⟩ → */wəkə/ → /woko/ → /oko/

From Old Japanese.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

痴(おこ) • (oko) ←をこ (woko)?-na (adnominal 痴(おこ)な (oko na), adverbial 痴(おこ)に (oko ni))

  1. foolish, absurd
  2. indecent, indelicate
Usage notes

Historical sources[1][2] show that this term is more often used as an attributive noun, followed by possessive particle の (no) when used to modify another noun.

Inflection

Noun

痴(おこ) • (oko) ←をこ (woko)?

  1. foolishness, stupidity
  2. indecency, indelicateness
Derived terms

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

痴 (eum 치 (chi))

  1. Alternative form of 癡

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

痴: Hán Nôm readings: si, sy, se

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