驛

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See also: 駅 and 驿
驛 U+9A5B, 驛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A5B
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Translingual

Traditional 驛
Shinjitai 駅
Simplified 驿

Han character

驛 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+13, 23 strokes, cangjie input 尸火田中十 (SFWLJ), four-corner 76341, composition ⿰馬睪)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1446, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45030
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1971, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4579, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+9A5B

Chinese

trad. 驛
simp. 驿
alternative forms 𩦯
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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 驛
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (睪) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
斁 *ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ
籜 *l̥ʰaːɡ
蘀 *l̥ʰaːɡ
鐸 *l'aːɡ
凙 *l'aːɡ
襗 *l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ
擇 *rlaːɡ
澤 *rlaːɡ
鸅 *rlaːɡ
蠌 *rlaːɡ
檡 *rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ
釋 *hljaɡ
繹 *laːɡ
睪 *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː
譯 *laːɡ
嶧 *laːɡ
懌 *laːɡ
驛 *laːɡ
醳 *laːɡ
圛 *laːɡ
墿 *laːɡ
燡 *laːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *laːɡ) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː).

Etymology

Same word as 繹 (OC *laːɡ, “to unravel”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Alternatively, Blažek and Schwarz (2017) suggest that this is perhaps a loan from a hypothetical Tocharian compound *klyælylyæ-yäkwæ (“standing of horses”), but this seems to be highly speculative.

The Taiwanese Hokkien sense is an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 駅(えき) (eki).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • iăh - vernacular;
  • ĭk - literary.
Note:
  • ia̍h - vernacular;
  • e̍k/ia̍k - literary.
Rime
Character 驛
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 昔 (123)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 羊益切
Baxter yek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/jiᴇk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/jiɛk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/iæk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/jiajk̚/
Li
Rong 		/iɛk̚/
Wang
Li 		/jĭɛk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/i̯ɛk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jik6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 驛
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ yek ›
Old
Chinese 		/*lAk/
English post-horse

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 驛
Reading # 1/1
No. 15141
Phonetic
component 		睪
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		繹
Old
Chinese 		/*laːɡ/

Definitions

驛

  1. posthorse
  2. relay station (for posting horses)
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien) train station, bus stop, or similar

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (驛):
  • → Japanese: 駅(えき) (eki, “station”)
  • → Korean: 역(驛) (yeok, “station”)

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

駅

Kyūjitai

驛

Kanji

驛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 駅)

Readings


Kanji in this term
驛
えき
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

驛(えき) • (eki) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 駅: station (train, underground/subway)

Korean

Hanja

驛 (eum 역 (yeok))

Noun

驛 • (yeok) (hangeul 역)

  1. Hanja form? of 역 (“(railway, subway) station”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự

驛: Hán Nôm readings: dịch

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