지사

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 知事ちじ.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕisʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [지사]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jisa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jisa
McCune–Reischauer?	chisa
Yale Romanization?	cisa

Noun

지사 • (jisa) (hanja 知事ちじ)

1. governor

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 指事しじ.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕisʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [지사]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jisa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jisa
McCune–Reischauer?	chisa
Yale Romanization?	cisa

Noun

지사 • (jisa) (hanja 指事しじ)

1. (Chinese character classification) One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as 上うえ above and 下した below that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram.