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

[U+99C4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+99C6]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified 驿

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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

Glyph origin[edit]

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (えき) (eki).

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]


Definitions[edit]

  1. (only used in place names) station

Usage notes[edit]

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[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Glyph origin[edit]

Simplified from ().

Kanji[edit]

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

Readings[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

Note: When used as a suffix, the accent falls on the last syllable of the place name.[2]

Noun[edit]

(えき) (eki

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(いき) (iki

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

References[edit]

  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN