辻

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5-stroke version

辻 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 難卜十 (XYJ) or 卜十 (YJ), composition ⿺辶十)

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1253, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38711
• Dae Jaweon: page 1735, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3815, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8FBB

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 辻 (tsuji).

Spelling pronunciation, as 十 (shí).

辻

1. A Japanese kanji meaning “crossroads”. Usually used in Japanese names.

   綾辻行人／绫辻行人  ―  Língshí Xíngrén  ―  Yukito Ayatsuji (Japanese writer)

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	辻󠄀 辻+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
辻󠄂 辻+󠄂? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai	辻
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A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 辶 (“road, way”) + 十 (“shape of a cross”). The original pictogram for a crossroad or an intersection in Chinese characters is 行.

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. crossroad, intersection

• Kun: つじ (tsuji, 辻)

• This kanji is said to be used by crypto-Christians in the Meiji period.

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

辻

Wikipedia ^ja

/tumuzi/ → */tuːzi/ → /t͡suʑi/

Shift from tsumuji (see below).^[1][2]

• (Tokyo) つじ (Heiban – )^[1][3]
• IPA^(key):

辻(つじ) • (tsuji) ^{←つじ (tuzi)?}

1. a crossroad, intersection

   Synonyms: 十字路 (jūjiro), 四辻 (yotsuji, yotsutsuji)

2. (by extension) a road, street, way

   Synonyms: 巷, 岐, 衢 (chimata); 道端 (michibata); 路上 (rojō)

3. Short for 辻番 (tsujiban): a type of town-watching guard most commonly found in the Edo period
4. Short for 辻総 (tsujibusa): (dated, equestrianism) a decoration attached to the martingale
5. Alternative spelling of 旋毛 (tsuji): a hair whorl

辻(つじ) • (Tsuji) ^{←つじ (Tuzi)?}

1. a place name
2. a surname

/tumuzi/ → /t͡sumuʑi/

Likely from Old Japanese, attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE) and the Ruiju Myōgishō (c. 11th century).

Possibly cognate with 旋毛 (tsumuji, “hair whorl”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• (Tokyo) つむじ (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

辻(つむじ) • (tsumuji) ^{←つむじ (tumuzi)?}

1. Same as つじ (tsuji) above

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

辻

Wikisource

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

辻 (人名)

Wikipedia ^ja

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 辻 (Tsuji).

Spelling pronunciation, following the reading of 十(십) (sip).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

辻 (eumhun 네거리 십 (negeori sip))

1. (rare) a surname from Japanese

Korean Wikipedia has an article on:

성진 즙씨

Wikipedia ^ko

Spelling pronunciation, following the reading of 汁(즙) (jeup).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
• Phonetic hangul:

辻 (eum 즙 (jeup))

1. (rare) a surname from Japanese

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 辻