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驛
驛
Translingual
| Traditional | 驛 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 駅 |
| Simplified | 驿 |
Han character
驛 (radical 187 馬+13, 23 strokes, cangjie input 尸火田中十 (SFWLJ), four-corner 76341, composition ⿰馬睪)
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
Chinese
| trad. | 驛 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 驿 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 驛
|
|---|
| Small seal script |
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| 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 |
| 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).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jik6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yi̍t
- Min Nan (POJ): ia̍h
- Wu (Wiktionary): hhiq (T5)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
- Wade-Giles: i4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
- IPA (key): /i⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jik6
- Yale: yihk
- Cantonese Pinyin: jik9
- IPA (key): /jɪk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: id
- Hagfa Pinyim: yid6
- IPA: /it̚⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)id
- Hagfa Pinyim: yid6
- IPA: /(j)it̚⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ia̍h
- Tâi-lô: ia̍h
- Phofsit Daibuun: iah
- IPA (Xiamen): /iaʔ⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iaʔ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaʔ¹²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /iaʔ⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iaʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhiq (T5)
- IPA (key): /ɦi̯ɪʔ¹²/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 驛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羊益切 |
| 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 |
| 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; | |
| 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/ |
Noun
驛
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
驛
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 駅)
Readings
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 驛 |
|
えき Hyōgaiji |
| on'yomi |
Noun
驛 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 駅, hiragana えき, romaji eki)