址

See also: 阯

址 U+5740, 址 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5740 ← 圿 [U+573F] CJK Unified Ideographs 坁 → [U+5741]

Translingual

Han character

址 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土卜中一 (GYLM), four-corner 4111₀, composition ⿰土止)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 224, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4908
• Dae Jaweon: page 459, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 422, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5740

Chinese

simp. and trad.		址

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 址
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (止) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
祉	*kʰlɯʔ
址	*kjɯʔ
止	*kjɯʔ
趾	*kjɯʔ
芷	*kjɯʔ
沚	*kjɯʔ
阯	*kjɯʔ
齒	*kʰjɯʔ
紕	*be, *pʰi, *kʰjɯʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kjɯʔ) : semantic 土 (“earth”) + phonetic 止 (OC *kjɯʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi²
• Eastern Min (BUC): cī
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chih³
    • Yale: jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
    • Palladius: чжи (čži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zi²
    • Yale: jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí
    • Tâi-lô: tsí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cie
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyiX

Rime
Character	址
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	諸市切
Baxter	tsyiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cɨX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiəX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kjɯʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	址
Reading #	1/1
No.	17296
Phonetic component	止
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	止
Old Chinese	/*kjɯʔ/

Definitions

址

1. location; address; site
2. ground; foundation

Compounds

• 住址 (zhùzhǐ)
• 位址 (wèizhǐ)
• 地址 (dìzhǐ)
• 基址
• 壩址／坝址
• 居址
• 廠址／厂址
• 故址 (gùzhǐ)
• 會址／会址
• 校址 (xiàozhǐ)
• 現址／现址 (xiànzhǐ)
• 界址 (jièzhǐ)
• 站址
• 網址／网址 (wǎngzhǐ)
• 舊址／旧址 (jiùzhǐ)
• 遺址／遗址 (yízhǐ)
• 館址／馆址

 

Japanese

Kanji

址

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: あと (ato, 址)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
址
し Hyōgai
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕi]

Noun

址(し) • (shi) 

1. (architecture) base of a structure

   基(き)址(し) ― kishi ― foundations

2. remains, ruins

   遺(い)址(し) ― ishi ― ancient remains

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
址
あと Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 址 – see the following entry.

【跡あと】S [noun] evidence of something passing; footsteps, trace, tracks [noun] mark or trace left on something after a certain act is done to it [noun] remains, ruins [noun] family estate or property [noun] precedent, example Alternative spellings 痕, 迹, 𫐤

(This term, 址, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

址 (eum 지 (ji))

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Vietnamese

Han character

址: Hán Việt readings: chỉ
址: Nôm readings: chỉ, xởi

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