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

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

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified 驿

Han character

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

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.

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (えき) (eki).

Etymology

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


Definitions

  1. (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

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Glyph origin

Simplified from ().

Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
えき
Grade: 3
kan'on
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (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

(えき) • (eki

  1. station (train, underground/subway)
  2. (archaic) a government-run post-station where officials could get horses, food, lodging
Derived terms
Compounds
Descendants
  • Taroko: eki
  • Atayal: eki'

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ikʲi]

Noun

(いき) • (iki

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

References

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ 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