"地" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. earth; ground Tags: grade-2-kanji, kanji
    Sense id: en-地-ja-character-RvTBkmQd Categories (other): Grade 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 2 4 21 1 1 5 1 16 2 1 25 11 1 Derived forms: 土地 (tochi) (ruby: (), ()) (english: ground, land), 意地悪 (ijiwaru) (ruby: (), (), (わる)), 地球 (chikyū) (ruby: (), (きゅう)), 地底 (chitei) (ruby: (), (てい)), 地理 (chiri) (ruby: (), ()), 地盤 (chiban) (ruby: (), (ばん)), 地位 (chii) (ruby: (), ()), 地域 (chiiki) (ruby: (), (いき)), 地下 (chika) (ruby: (), ()), 地学 (chigaku) (ruby: (), (がく)), 地区 (chiku) (ruby: (), ()), 地形 (chikei) (ruby: (), (けい)), 地上 (chijō) (ruby: (), (じょう)), 地租 (chiso) (ruby: (), ()), 地点 (chiten) (ruby: (), (てん)), 地主 (jinushi) (ruby: (), (ぬし)), 地表 (chihyō) (ruby: (), (ひょう)), 地方 (chihō) (ruby: (), (ほう)), 地震 (jishin) (ruby: (), (しん)), 天地 (tenchi) (ruby: (てん), ()) (english: heaven and earth), 天変地異 (tenpen chii) (ruby: (てん), (ぺん), (), ()) (english: turmoil throughout heaven and earth), 現在地 (genzaichi) (ruby: (げん), (ざい), ()) (english: current location, you are here)

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), ji [romanization], [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 地 (dijᴴ). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing. Compare modern Mandarin dì. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=じ}} Middle Chinese, {{m|zh|地|tr=dijᴴ}} 地 (dijᴴ), {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin Head templates: {{ja-noun|じ|hhira=ぢ}} 地(じ) • (ji) ^(←ぢ (di)?)
  1. earth, dirt
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-l~u2f1Wi
  2. fabric, cloth
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-nUGwIVX1
  3. (go) territory Categories (topical): Go
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-sIWiJAK~ Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 3 5 23 1 2 6 1 18 3 1 24 14 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 2 4 21 1 1 5 1 16 2 1 25 11 1 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 10 15 75 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 16 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), chi [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 地 (dijᴴ). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. The devoicing of the initial consonant might indicate a dialectal source. Compare modern Hakka thi, Min Nan tī. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=ち}} Middle Chinese, {{m|zh|地|tr=dijᴴ}} 地 (dijᴴ), {{cog|hak|-}} Hakka, {{cog|nan|-}} Min Nan Head templates: {{ja-noun|ち}} 地(ち) • (chi)
  1. earth, land, ground
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-LLpEyXC0
  2. a place, a region, a piece of land
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-9j19JE4M
  3. territory, dominion
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-qTOlh6e9
  4. (of a crate, etc.) the bottom Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-lzVqtrZ4
  5. (printing, of a page) the bottom margin Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-mtgGCjFa Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 3 5 23 1 2 6 1 18 3 1 24 14 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 2 4 21 1 1 5 1 16 2 1 25 11 1 Topics: media, printing, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [t͡sɨᵝt͡ɕi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (つち)), tsuchi [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=つち}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-noun|つち}} 地(つち) • (tsuchi)
  1. earth, dirt, mud, soil
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-fgptLFZe
  2. the ground
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-ol-oL5ad
  3. the earth (as opposed to the heavens)
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-8uuaFblh Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 3 8 18 1 2 5 1 12 2 1 29 20 1 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 3 5 23 1 2 6 1 18 3 1 24 14 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 7 9 7 2 4 3 2 11 6 2 29 15 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 2 4 21 1 1 5 1 16 2 1 25 11 1
  4. the ground or bottom of something (as of a price range)
    Sense id: en-地-ja-noun-RQVt0tFE Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 3 5 23 1 2 6 1 18 3 1 24 14 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 2 4 21 1 1 5 1 16 2 1 25 11 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: [common]
Etymology number: 3

Suffix

IPA: [t͡ɕi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), -chi [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 地 (dijᴴ). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. The devoicing of the initial consonant might indicate a dialectal source. Compare modern Hakka thi, Min Nan tī. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=ち}} Middle Chinese, {{m|zh|地|tr=dijᴴ}} 地 (dijᴴ), {{cog|hak|-}} Hakka, {{cog|nan|-}} Min Nan Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|ち}} 地(ち) • (-chi)
  1. place, area Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-地-ja-suffix-Ihy~s9xX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 地 meaning in Japanese (12.2kB)

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  "lang_code": "ja",
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          "english": "ground, land",
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              "地",
              "ち"
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          ],
          "word": "土地"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ijiwaru",
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            [
              "意",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "地",
              "じ"
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            [
              "悪",
              "わる"
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          ],
          "word": "意地悪"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chikyū",
          "ruby": [
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              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "球",
              "きゅう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地球"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chitei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "底",
              "てい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地底"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chiri",
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              "地",
              "ち"
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            [
              "理",
              "り"
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "roman": "chiban",
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            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "盤",
              "ばん"
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          ],
          "word": "地盤"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chii",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "位",
              "い"
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          ],
          "word": "地位"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chiiki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "域",
              "いき"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地域"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chika",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "か"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地下"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chigaku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "学",
              "がく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地学"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chiku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "区",
              "く"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地区"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chikei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "形",
              "けい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地形"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chijō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "上",
              "じょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地上"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chiso",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "租",
              "そ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地租"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chiten",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "点",
              "てん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地点"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jinushi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "主",
              "ぬし"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地主"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chihyō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "表",
              "ひょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地表"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chihō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "ほう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地方"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jishin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "震",
              "しん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "地震"
        },
        {
          "english": "heaven and earth",
          "roman": "tenchi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "天",
              "てん"
            ],
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "天地"
        },
        {
          "english": "turmoil throughout heaven and earth",
          "roman": "tenpen chii",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "天",
              "てん"
            ],
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              "変",
              "ぺん"
            ],
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "異",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "天変地異"
        },
        {
          "english": "current location, you are here",
          "roman": "genzaichi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "現",
              "げん"
            ],
            [
              "在",
              "ざい"
            ],
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "現在地"
        }
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      ],
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          "earth",
          "earth"
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        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
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        "grade-2-kanji",
        "kanji"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "地"
}

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        {
          "english": "However thin the cloth, flannel is flannel and must have been pretty warm at that time of the year.",
          "ref": "1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan",
          "roman": "Ikura ka usui ji ni wa sōi nakutte mo atsui ni wa kimatteru.",
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              "薄",
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              "地",
              "じ"
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            [
              "相",
              "そう"
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            [
              "違",
              "い"
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            [
              "暑",
              "あつ"
            ],
            [
              "極",
              "きま"
            ]
          ],
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        }
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          "cloth",
          "cloth"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Go",
          "orig": "ja:Go",
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            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis": "0 3 5 23 1 2 6 1 18 3 1 24 14 1",
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          "_dis": "10 15 75",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "territory"
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      "id": "en-地-ja-noun-sIWiJAK~",
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          "go",
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          "territory",
          "territory"
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        "(go) territory"
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      "other": "じ"
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    {
      "other": "じ"
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    {
      "ipa": "[d͡ʑi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "地"
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            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
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      "glosses": [
        "the bottom margin"
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "地",
        "tr": "dijᴴ"
      },
      "expansion": "地 (dijᴴ)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hak",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hakka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nan",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Min Nan",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 地 (dijᴴ). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing. The devoicing of the initial consonant might indicate a dialectal source. Compare modern Hakka thi, Min Nan tī.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "地",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "地",
          "ち"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "suffix",
        "2": "ち"
      },
      "expansion": "地(ち) • (-chi)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "place, area"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "ち"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "地"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese single-kanji terms",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 地",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
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        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "つち"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese.",
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    {
      "form": "地",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "地",
          "つち"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsuchi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "地(つち) • (tsuchi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "earth, dirt, mud, soil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ],
        [
          "dirt",
          "dirt"
        ],
        [
          "mud",
          "mud"
        ],
        [
          "soil",
          "soil"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the ground"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the earth (as opposed to the heavens)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the ground or bottom of something (as of a price range)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ground",
          "ground"
        ],
        [
          "bottom",
          "bottom"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "つち"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡sɨᵝt͡ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "for this reading"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common"
      ],
      "word": "土"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "地"
}
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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "地"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "地",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "path": [
    "地"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "地",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: di",
  "path": [
    "地"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "地",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
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  "path": [
    "地"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "地",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "地"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "地",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "地"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "地",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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