辻

辻 U+8FBB, 辻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FBB
← 辺
[U+8FBA]
CJK Unified Ideographs 込 →
[U+8FBC]

Translingual

Stroke order
5-stroke version

Han character

辻 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 難卜十 (XYJ) or 卜十 (YJ), composition ⿺辶十)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1253, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38711
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1735, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3815, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8FBB

Chinese

trad. 辻
simp. # 辻

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 辻 (tsuji).

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 十 (shí).

Pronunciation


Definitions

辻

  1. A Japanese kanji meaning “crossroads”. Usually used in Japanese names.
    綾辻行人/绫辻行人  ―  Língshí Xíngrén  ―  Yukito Ayatsuji (Japanese writer)

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)
Shinjitai
(extended)

辻󠄀
辻+󠄀?
(Adobe-Japan1)
辻󠄂
辻+󠄂?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai 辻
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Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 辶 (“road, way”) + 十 (“shape of a cross”). The original pictogram for a crossroad or an intersection in Chinese characters is 行.

Kanji

辻

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. crossroad, intersection

Readings

  • Kun: つじ (tsuji, 辻)

Usage notes

  • This kanji is said to be used by crypto-Christians in the Meiji period.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
辻
つじ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/tumuzi/ → */tuːzi/ → /t͡suʑi/

Shift from tsumuji (see below).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

辻(つじ) • (tsuji) ←つじ (tuzi)?

  1. a crossroad, intersection
    Synonyms: 十字路 (jūjiro), 四辻 (yotsuji, yotsutsuji)
  2. (by extension) a road, street, way
    Synonyms: 巷, 岐, 衢 (chimata); 道端 (michibata); 路上 (rojō)
  3. Short for 辻番 (tsujiban): a type of town-watching guard most commonly found in the Edo period
  4. Short for 辻総 (tsujibusa): (dated, equestrianism) a decoration attached to the martingale
  5. Alternative spelling of 旋毛 (tsuji): a hair whorl
Derived terms

Proper noun

辻(つじ) • (Tsuji) ←つじ (Tuzi)?

  1. a place name
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
辻
つむじ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/tumuzi/ → /t͡sumuʑi/

Likely from Old Japanese, attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE) and the Ruiju Myōgishō (c. 11th century).

Possibly cognate with 旋毛 (tsumuji, “hair whorl”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つむじ [tsùmújí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝmɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Noun

辻(つむじ) • (tsumuji) ←つむじ (tumuzi)?

  1. Same as つじ (tsuji) above

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Wikisource

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 辻 (Tsuji).

Etymology 1

Spelling pronunciation, following the reading of 十(십) (sip).

Pronunciation

Hanja

辻 (eumhun 네거리 십 (negeori sip))

  1. (rare) a surname from Japanese

Etymology 2

Spelling pronunciation, following the reading of 汁(즙) (jeup).

Pronunciation

Hanja

辻 (eum 즙 (jeup))

  1. (rare) a surname from Japanese

References

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