자

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See also: -자
자 U+C790, 자
HANGUL SYLLABLE JA
Composition:ㅈ + ㅏ
← 잏
 		Hangul Syllables 작 →
㈖ U+3216, ㈖
PARENTHESIZED HANGUL CIEUC A
← ㈕
 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㈗ →
㉶ U+3276, ㉶
CIRCLED HANGUL CIEUC A
← ㉵
 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㉷ →
자작잒잓잔잕잖
잗잘잙잚잛잜잝
잞잟잠잡잢잣잤
장잦잧잨잩잪잫
이 ←→ 재

Korean

Etymology 1

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
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: 紫): purple; violet
  4. (hanja: 子):
    1. fruit; seed of
    2. rat (Chinese zodiac sign)
  5. (hanja: 慈): benevolence, loving-kindness, metta

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 2

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 잫 (Yale: cah).

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 of measure): 척 (cheok)
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