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On'yomi
ジ・チ
JI / CHI
Kun'yomi
おさ.める・おさ.まる・なお.る・なお.す
osameru / osamaru / naoru / naosu

reign · be at peace · calm down · subdue · quell · govt · cure · heal · rule · conserve

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Strokes8
Frequency#109
Radicalwater(4)

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Strokes8

Component Breakdown

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water + 台

Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of water and platform. Governing water.

Symbolism

Politics, treatment, rule. Represents governing.

Related Culture & Scenes

  • Peaceful days

Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

治外法権

ちがいほうけん

extraterritoriality; extraterritoriality

寡頭政治

かとうせいじ

oligarchy; oligarchy

治乱興亡

ちらんこうぼう

nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall; nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall

Proverbs & Idioms

治に居て乱を忘れず

ちにいてらんをわすれず

In peace, don't forget war

Always be prepared

Poetry

和歌(百人一首) (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))

朝ぼらけ 宇治の川霧 たえだえに あらはれわたる 瀬々の網代木

Poem #64 from Hyakunin Isshu

権中納言定頼Gon-Chūnagon Sadayori
11th century