Chinese

Noun

政治

1. politics

Derived terms

Descendants

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) せいじ [sèéjí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːd͡ʑi]

Noun

政治 ‎(uncountable, hiragana せいじ, romaji seiji, historical hiragana せいぢ)

1. politics

Derived terms

• 政治学 (せいじがく) ‎(seijigaku, “the study of politics”)
• 政治家 (せいじか) ‎(seijika, “politician”)

See also

• 国会 (こっかい) ‎(kokkai): the diet (of Japan)
• 米国議会 (べいこくぎかい) ‎(beikokugikai): the Congress (of USA)
• 英国議会 (えいこくぎかい) ‎(eikokugikai): the Parliament (of UK)
• 衆議院 (しゅうぎいん) ‎(shūgiin): the house of representatives (of Japan)
• 参議院 (さんぎいん) ‎(sangīn): the house of Councilors (of Japan)
• 永田町 (ながたちょう) ‎(nagatachō): Nagata-chō
• 議員 (ぎいん) ‎(gīn): member of the Diet, Congress or Parliament

Etymology 2

Proper noun

政治 ‎(hiragana まさはる, romaji Masaharu)

1. A male given name

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Noun

政治 • ‎(jeongchi) ‎(hangeul 정치)

1. Hanja form^? of 정치, “politics”.

Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with mainland Japanese 政治 ‎(seiji).

Noun

政治 ‎(hiragana しーじ, romaji shiiji)

1. politics, government

Vietnamese

Noun

政治

1. Hán tự form of chính trị, “politics”