JI (character)

ASCII Art Representation:

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Character Etymology:

Roof, here symbolizing a house or home, over a child. It originally meant, "a house where children are raised," (which can still be found in Chinese as a minor meanings of this character to suckle, nourish, and bring forth). From this meaning it came to symbolize proliferation and, became figuratively to apply to written symbols; which like children became increasingly numerous and complex. Really!

Other Facts:

This JI is the same JI in the word Kanji!

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: JI
kun-yomi: aza azana -na

English Definitions:

1. JI: character, letter, word, handwriting.
2. aza: section of a village.
3. azana: nickname, alias, pseudonym.

Unicode Encoded Version:

字

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

字典 (jiten): character dictionary.
数字 (suuji): digit, number.
字幕 (jimaku): title, caption.

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