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See also: and 驿
U+99C5, 駅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99C5

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified 驿

Han character

(Kangxi radical 187, +4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸火尸人 (SFSO), four-corner 77387, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1435, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44633
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1960, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4545, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+99C5

Chinese

simp. and trad.
Usage of in Hong Kong along with a superscript gloss of (zhàn).

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (えき) (eki).

Etymology

Read as 驿 (jik6) based on the etymology, as (zaam6) using a semantic reading (訓讀训读 (xùndú)), or as (cek3) based on the apparent phonetic component (有邊讀邊有边读边 (yǒu biān dú biān)).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (only used in place names) station

Usage notes

This character is used in place names in Hong Kong for stylistic effect; it is also used for faithful rendition of Japanese place names.

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Glyph origin

Simplified from ().

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings

Etymology 1

From Chinese 驿 (, relay station (a place for changing horses in pre-modern times)).

Kanji in this term
えき
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Note: When used as a suffix, the accent falls on the last syllable of the place name.

Noun

(えき) (eki

  1. station (train, underground/subway)
Derived terms
Compounds
Descendants
  • Taroko: eki
  • Atayal: eki'

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
えき > いき
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(いき) (iki

  1. (dialect, Ibaraki) station (train, underground/subway)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN