漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
之: of, this
JLPT N13 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
3 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
のno · kun'yomi · on its own
- 一之宮いちのみやmost important provincial shrine
- 二之宮にのみやsecond most important provincial shrine
- 承知之助しょうちのすけOK; sure; yessir!
Also read シ, これ, ゆく, この, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The power of a single point! Imagine a single drop of ink falling onto a page, or a tiny spark of light in the darkness.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
之 gives its sound to
The family reading is シ (shi). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side之 of
vs亡 deceased · 匸In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhī
Same form: 之 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 之 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 之 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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