痴

痴 (radical 104, 疒+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大人大口 (KOKR), four-corner 0016₀, composition ⿸疒知)

1. foolish, stupid, dumb, silly

• KangXi: page 774, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22257
• Dae Jaweon: page 1185, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2681, character 1
• Unihan data for U+75F4

痴

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(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 癡)

1. stupid; foolish
2. lascivious; lustful

• Go-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
• Kun: おこ (oko, 痴)^{←をこ (woko, historical)}; うこ (uko); しれる (shireru, 痴れる)^{←しれる (sireru, historical)}

• 痴 (ち)女 (じょ) (chijo)
• 痴 (ち)漢 (かん) (chikan)

/woko/ → /oko/

From Old Japanese.[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) お​こ [óꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ko̞]

• 烏滸, 尾籠

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, -na inflection, hiragana おこ, rōmaji oko, historical hiragana をこ)

1. foolish, absurd
2. indecent, indelicate

Historical sources[1][2] show that this term is more often used as an attributive noun, followed by possessive particle の (no) when used to modify another noun.

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, hiragana おこ, rōmaji oko, historical hiragana をこ)

1. foolishness, stupidity
2. indecency, indelicateness

/woko/ → /uko/

Sound shift from Old Japanese woko.[1] Obsolete.[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝko̞]

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, -na inflection, hiragana うこ, rōmaji uko)

1. (obsolete) foolish, absurd
2. (obsolete) indecent, indelicate

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, hiragana うこ, rōmaji uko)

1. foolishness, stupidity
2. indecency, indelicateness

Nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 痴れる (shireru, “to become dimwitted, to become stupid”).[1][2]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɾe̞]

• 痴れ

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, hiragana しれ, rōmaji shire)

1. foolishness, stupidity

From Middle Chinese 癡 (tjiə). Compare modern Mandarin 癡／痴 (chī).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ち​ [chíꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [t͡ɕi]

痴 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 癡, hiragana ち, rōmaji chi)

1. foolishness, stupidity
2. (Buddhism) ignorance, one of the three roots of the vice dharmas

痴 (eum 치 (chi))

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痴: Hán Nôm readings: si, sy, se

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