駅
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Translingual
| Traditional | 驛 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 駅 |
| Simplified | 驿 |
Han character
駅 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸火尸人 (SFSO), four-corner 77387, composition ⿰馬尺)
References
- 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
| simp. and trad. |
駅 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 駅 (eki).
Etymology
Read as 驛/驿 (jik6) based on the etymology, as 站 (zaam6) using a semantic reading (訓讀 / 训读 (xùndú)), or as 尺 (cek3) based on the apparent phonetic component (有邊讀邊 / 有边读边 (yǒu biān dú biān)).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jik6 / zaam6 / cek3
- Yale: yihk / jaahm / chek
- Cantonese Pinyin: jik9 / dzaam6 / tsek8
- Guangdong Romanization: yig6 / zam6 / cég3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɪk̚²/, /t͡saːm²²/, /t͡sʰɛːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
駅
- (only used in place names) station
Usage notes
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
| 駅 | |
| 驛 |
Glyph origin
Kanji
(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 驛)
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 駅 |
| えき Grade: 3 |
| kan'on |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 驛 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 驛 (yek, “relay station (a place for changing horses in pre-modern times)”). First attested in Japanese in 718.[1]
Pronunciation
Note: When used as a suffix, the accent falls on the last syllable of the place name.[3]
Noun
駅 • (eki)
- station (train, underground/subway)
- (archaic) a government-run post-station where officials could get horses, food, lodging
Derived terms
- 道の駅 (michi no eki)
- 海の駅 (umi no eki)
Compounds
Descendants
- → Taroko: eki
- → Atayal: eki'
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 駅 |
| えき > いき Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 驛 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ikʲi]
Noun
駅 • (iki)
References
- ^ “駅”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN