Tatchi

Drawing of Tatchi by Jisho

Word Tatchi is used in TORI to denote the following Unicode characters:

⽴ X2F74 , KanjiRadical

立 X7ACB , KanjiLiberal

立 XF9F7 , KanjiConfudal

These character have similar graphical representations, similar pronunciations (たち) and similar meaning, stand.

Name

Name Tatchi instead of Taci, Tachi and Tati, is chosen in order to avoid confusions with the already established terms:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachi
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/太刀
https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/太刀 たち」参照。

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tati Tati can refer to: Film.. Locations.. Music.. Person.. asteroid.. languages..

Encoding

Alghough characters of Tatchi, id est, ⽴, 立, 立, look similar, they may be interpreted in different way by computers; in particular, at the search and replace commands; or even not supported at all. In order to handle these case, the knowledge of the encoding is helpful. The Utf8 encoding of Tatchi characters can be revealed with PHP program ud.t; file uni.t also should be loaded. then, command

php ud.t 2F74 7ACB F9F7

produces the following output:

K= 4 

2F74 12148 [[⽴]] ⽴
Unicode character number 12148 id est, [[X2F74]]
Picture: [[⽴]] ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE2 XBD XB4 in the hexadecimal representation and
226 189 180 in the decimal representation

7ACB 31435 [[立]] 立
Unicode character number 31435 id est, [[X7ACB]]
Picture: [[立]] ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE7 XAB X8B in the hexadecimal representation and
231 171 139 in the decimal representation

F9F7 63991 [[立]] 立
Unicode character number 63991 id est, [[XF9F7]]
Picture: [[立]] ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XEF XA7 XB7 in the hexadecimal representation and
239 167 183 in the decimal representation

Phonetic

Tatchi characters can be pronounced "Tachi", たち.

However, sound たち may have also the other meaning, referring to a sword , special kid of katana (刀（かたな）) .

In order to avoid confusions, term Tatchi seems to be better as it does not allow transliteration into Hiragana, that could be confused with たち in various its meanings.

Nihongomaster suggest the following ways of the pronunciation:
リツ , リュウ , リットル ,
たつ , -たつ , たち- , たてる , -たてる , たて- , だて- , -たて , -だて , -だてる

Graphic

Image of Tatchi looks as superposition of

⼇ X2F07 at the top,

backslash and slash at the center and

horizontal line at the bottom.

Semantic

Nihongomaster suggests the following meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect, ..

Examples

ミドリガ池から望む立山 by Saigen Jiro

立山 , mount at Japan.

立川 , prefecture near Tokyo (and, perhaps, the river (川), that crosses it).

Jisho suggests the following examples:

On reading compounds
立案 【リツアン】 planning, devising (a plan), drafting, drawing up
立像 【リツゾウ】 standing statue, standing image
並立 【ヘイリツ】 standing abreast
不成立 【フセイリツ】 failure, rejection, rupture
立ち木 【タチキ】 standing tree, standing timber
立纓 【リュウエイ】 erect tail (of a traditional Japanese hat)
開立 【カイリュウ】 extraction of cubic root
造立 【ゾウリュウ】 erecting (temple, Buddhist statue, etc.)
Kun reading compounds
立つ 【たつ】 to stand, to rise, to stand up, to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position), to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
立つ瀬 【たつせ】 predicament, one's ground, one's position
突立 【とったつ】 stand straight up
立てる 【たてる】 to stand up, to put up, to set up, to erect, to raise, to thrust into, to bury into, to dig into, to make (a noise), to start (a rumour), to raise (a cloud of dust, etc.), to cause, to make, to establish, to set up, to develop, to formulate, to put up (a political candidate), to make (one's leader), to treat with respect, to give (someone) their due, to make (someone) look good, to avoid embarrassing (someone), to sharpen, to make clear, to shut, to close, to make tea (matcha), to perform the tea ceremony, to divide by, to do ... vigorously
Readings
Japanese names: たち、 たっ、 たつ、 だて、 つい

Nihongomaster suggests the following examples: 立場, たちば standpoint, position, situation

立つ, 発つ, たつ to stand, to rise, to stand up, to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position), to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

連立, 聯立, れんりつ alliance, coalition

連立, 聯立, れんりつ alliance, coalition

成立, せいりつ coming into existence, arrangements, establishment, conclusion, completion, to come into existence, to be true, to hold (i.e. hold true)

独立, どくりつ independence (e.g. Independence Day), self-support

対立, たいりつ confrontation, opposition, antagonism

目立つ, めだつ to be conspicuous, to stand out

設立, せつりつ establishment, founding, incorporation (of a business)

国立, こくりつ national

References

Keywords

Tatchi is used in TORI to denote the following Unicode characters:

Japanese, Kanji, KanjiConfudal, KanjiLiberal, KanjiRadical, PHP, ud.t, Uni.t, Unicode, Utf8 X2F74 ⽴ , X7ACB 立 , XF9F7 立 ,