驛

See also: 駅 and 驿

驛 U+9A5B, 驛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A5B ← 驚 [U+9A5A] CJK Unified Ideographs 驜 → [U+9A5C]

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

• 㶠

References

• KangXi: 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

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, 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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yì (yi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yet⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yi̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yid⁶

• Min Bei (KCR): ĭ
• Min Dong (BUC): iăh / ĭk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ia̍h / e̍k / ia̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iah⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): ⁵hhiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yì
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴
    • Yale: yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
    • Palladius: и (i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶
    • Yale: yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yet⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jet̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)id
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yid⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iăh / ĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaʔ⁵/, /iʔ⁵/

Note:

• iăh - vernacular;
• ĭk - literary.

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍h
  • Tâi-lô: ia̍h
  • Phofsit Daibuun: iah
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʔ²⁴/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iaʔ⁴/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʔ¹²¹/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: e̍k
  • Tâi-lô: i̍k
  • Phofsit Daibuun: ek
  • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /iɪk̚⁴/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹/
• (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍k
  • Tâi-lô: ia̍k
  • Phofsit Daibuun: iak
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /iak̚²⁴/

Note:

• ia̍h - vernacular;
• e̍k/ia̍k - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: iah⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ia̍h
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaʔ⁴/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: ⁵hhiq
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦi̯ɪʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇk̚/

Rime
Character	驛
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	清 (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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lAk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*laːɡ/

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. *[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	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

• 傳驛／传驿
• 古驛／古驿 (Gǔyì)
• 官塘驛／官塘驿 (Guāntángyì)
• 水郵山驛／水邮山驿
• 水驛／水驿
• 石橋驛／石桥驿 (Shíqiáoyì)
• 臨江驛／临江驿
• 辛安驛／辛安驿
• 郵驛／邮驿
• 鄭驛留賓／郑驿留宾

• 館驛／馆驿 (guǎnyì)
• 馬道驛／马道驿
• 馳驛／驰驿
• 駱驛／骆驿
• 駱驛不絕／骆驿不绝
• 驛丞／驿丞
• 驛亭／驿亭
• 驛使／驿使 (yìshǐ)
• 驛傳／驿传
• 驛券／驿券

• 驛吏／驿吏
• 驛樓／驿楼
• 驛牌／驿牌
• 驛站／驿站 (yìzhàn)
• 驛遞／驿递
• 驛館／驿馆
• 驛馬／驿马 (yìmǎ)
• 驛馬沖／驿马冲 (Yìmǎchōng)
• 驛馬車／驿马车
• 驛驛／驿驿

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (驛):

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

References

• “驛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	駅
Kyūjitai	驛

Kanji

驛

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

Readings

• Go-on: やく (yaku)
• Kan-on: えき (eki)
• Kun: うまや (umaya, 驛)

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