驛

See also: 駅 and 驿

Translingual

shinjitai	駅
simplified	驿
traditional	驛

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 睪

Han character

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

Descendants

• 駅 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 驿 (Simplified Chinese)

References

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

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Chinese

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trad.		驛
simp.		驿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: i⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶
    • Yale: yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (驛, reconstructed)
Character (驛), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 昔 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 羊益切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jiᴇk̚/	/i̯ɛk̚/	/iɛk̚/	/jiɛk̚/	/jiajk̚/	/jĭɛk̚/	/iæk̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (驛, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
驛								yì								‹ yek ›								/*lAk/								post-horse
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
驛					15141					睪					鐸					0					繹					/*laːɡ/

Noun

驛

1. relay station (for posting horses)

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Japanese

Kanji

驛

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

Readings

• On: えき (eki)
• Kun: うまや (umaya)

Kanji in this term

驛

えき Hyōgaiji

on'yomi

Noun

驛 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 駅, hiragana えき, romaji eki)

1. station (train, underground/subway)

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Korean

Hanja

驛 (yeok) (hangeul 역, McCune-Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

Noun

驛 (yeok) (hangeul 역)

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

驛 (dịch)

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