かち

See also: がち

Japanese

Etymology 1

<kati> → /kat͡ɕi/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kati. Cognate with Northern Amami Ōshima かち (xachi), Okinawan かち (kachi), Kunigami かちー (kachī) and Eastern Old Japanese 加志 (kasi, whence Japanese 徒 (kashi)).

Noun

かち • (kachi) 

1. 徒, 歩, 歩行, 徒歩: (dated) walking, going on foot

   Synonyms: 徒歩 (toho), 歩き (aruki)

   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 11, poem 2425:

     山科(やましなの)　強田山(こはたのやまを)　馬雖在(うまはあれど)　歩(かち)吾来(よりわがこし)　汝念不得(なをおもひかねて) [Man'yōgana]

     山(やま)科(しな)の　木(こ)幡(はた)の山(やま)を　馬(うま)はあれど　徒(か)歩(ち)より我(わ)が来(こ)し　汝(な)を思(おも)ひかねて [Modern spelling]

     <Yamasina no₂ Ko₂pata no₂ yama wo uma pa aredo₂ kati yo₂ri waga ko₂si na wo omo₂pi₁kanete>
     → Yamashina no Kowata no yama o uma wa aredo kachi yori waga koshi na o omoikanete

     Through the mountain of Kowata, Yamashina, although I have a horse, I've come on foot, unable to suppress my feelings for thee.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

2. 徒, 歩, 歩行, 徒歩, 徒士: (historical) a lower-level samurai who accompanies with the master in walking and goes on the beginning of the parade

   Synonyms: 徒の衆 (kachi no shū), 徒侍 (kachizamurai), 御徒 (okachi), 御徒士 (okachi)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of かち – see the following entry.

【勝ち】 [noun] victory

(This term, かち (kachi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as かち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かち.)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of かち – see the following entries.

【価値】 [noun] value, worth

【褐】S [noun] (archaic) dark navy blue [noun] coarse woolen fabric

(This term, かち (kachi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as かち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かち.)