址

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See also: 阯
址 U+5740, 址
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5740
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 坁 →

Translingual

Han character

址 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土卜中一 (GYLM), four-corner 41110, composition ⿰土止)

Further reading

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 224, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4908
  • Dae Jaweon: page 459, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 422, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+5740

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 址

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 址
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (止) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
祉 *kʰlɯʔ
址 *kjɯʔ
止 *kjɯʔ
趾 *kjɯʔ
芷 *kjɯʔ
沚 *kjɯʔ
阯 *kjɯʔ
齒 *kʰjɯʔ
紕 *be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kjɯʔ) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 址
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 諸市切
Baxter tsyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕɨX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕɨX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cɨX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕiəX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 址
Reading # 1/1
No. 17296
Phonetic
component 		止
Rime
group 		之
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		止
Old
Chinese 		/*kjɯʔ/

Definitions

址

  1. location; address; site
  2. ground; foundation

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

址

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: し (shi)
  • Kan-on: し (shi)
  • Kun: あと (ato, 址)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
址
し
Hyōgai
on'yomi

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Pronunciation

Noun

址(し) • (shi) 

  1. (architecture) base of a structure
    基(き)址(し) ― kishi ― foundations
  2. remains, ruins
    遺(い)址(し) ― ishi ― ancient remains

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
址
あと
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 址 – see the following entry.
【跡あと】S
evidence of something passing; footsteps, trace, tracks
mark or trace left on something after a certain act is done to it
remains, ruins
family estate or property
precedent, example
Alternative spellings
痕, 迹, 𫐤
(This term, 址, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

址 (eum 지 (ji))

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Vietnamese

Han character

址: Hán Việt readings: chỉ
址: Nôm readings: chỉ, xởi

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