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

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

Translingual

More information Traditional, Shinjitai ...

Han character

(Kangxi radical 187, +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
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Chinese

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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.

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