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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shí (shi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shí
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíh
    • Wade–Giles: shih²
    • Yale: shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sap⁶
    • Yale: sahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚²/

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).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つじ [tsùjí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝʑi]

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

Derived terms

• 辻辻(つじつじ), 辻々(つじつじ) (tsujitsuji, “every streetcorner, every crossing”)
• 辻(つじ)商(あきな)い (tsujiakinai)
• 辻(つじ)行灯(あんどん) (tsuji andon)
• 辻(つじ)井(い) (Tsujī)
• 辻(つじ)謡(うたい) (tsujiutai), 辻(つじ)諷(うたい) (tsujiutai)
• 辻占(つじうら) (tsujiura)
• 辻(つじ)売(う)り (tsujiuri)
• 辻(つじ)踊(おどり) (tsujiodori), 辻踊(つじおど)り (tsujiodori)
• 辻(つじ)駕籠(かご) (tsuji kago)
• 辻風(つじかぜ) (tsujikaze)
• 辻(つじ)固(がた)め (tsujigatame)
• 辻(つじ)が花(はな) (tsuji ga hana)
• 辻髪(つじかみ) (tsujikami)
• 辻(つじ)冠者(かんじゃ) (tsuji kanja)
• 辻(つじ)勧進(かんじん) (tsuji kanjin)
• 辻君(つじぎみ) (tsujigimi)
• 辻(つじ)斬(ぎ)り (tsuji-giri)
• 辻(つじ)車(ぐるま) (tsujiguruma)
• 辻芸(つじげい) (tsujigei)
• 辻(つじ)芸人(げいにん) (tsuji geinin)
• 辻(つじ)講(ごう)釈(しゃく) (tsuji gōshaku)
• 辻(つじ)強盗(ごうとう) (tsuji gōtō)
• 辻(つじ)酒宴(さかもり) (tsuji sakamori)
• 辻山道(つじさんどう) (tsujisandō)
• 辻(つじ)地蔵(じぞう) (tsuji jizō)
• 辻(つじ)自動車(じどうしゃ) (tsuji-jidōsha)
• 辻(つじ)芝(しば)居(い) (tsuji shibai)
• 辻(つじ)相撲(ずもう) (tsuji-zumō)
• 辻(つじ)説法(せっぽう) (tsuji seppō)
• 辻(つじ)立(だ)ち (tsujidachi)
• 辻(つじ)談義(だんぎ) (tsuji dangi)
• 辻褄(つじつま) (tsujitsuma)
• 辻堂(つじどう) (tsujidō)
• 辻(つじ)捕(と)り, 辻(つじ)取(と)り (tsujitori)
• 辻能(つじのう) (tsujinō)
• 辻(つじ)馬車(ばしゃ) (tsuji basha)
• 辻(つじ)噺(ばなし) (tsujibanashi)
• 辻原(つじはら) (Tsujihara)
• 辻番(つじばん) (tsujiban), 辻(つじ)番所(ばんしょ) (tsuji bansho)
• 辻(つじ)番付(ばんづけ) (tsujibanzuke)
• 辻総(つじぶさ) (tsujibusa)
• 辻札(つじふだ) (tsujifuda)
• 辻(つじ)風呂(ふろ) (tsuji furo)
• 辻(つじ)便所(べんじょ) (tsuji benjo)
• 辻(つじ)法印(ほういん) (tsuji hōin)
• 辻(つじ)放下(ほうか) (tsuji hōka), 辻(つじ)放下(ほうげ) (tsuji hōge)
• 辻(つじ)宝引(ほうび)き (tsuji hōbiki)
• 辻(つじ)仏(ぼとけ) (tsujibotoke)
• 辻待(つじまち), 辻(つじ)待(ま)ち (tsujimachi)
• 辻(つじ)祭(まつり), 辻祭(つじまつ)り (tsujimatsuri)
• 辻店(つじみせ) (tsujimise)
• 辻村(つじむら) (Tsujimura)
• 辻本(つじもと) (Tsujimoto)
• 辻飯(つじめし) (tsujimeshi)
• 辻(つじ)社(やしろ) (tsuji yashiro)
• 梅辻(うめつじ) (Umetsuji)
• 大辻(おおつじ) (Ōtsuji)
• 高辻(たかつじ) (takatsuji)
• 茶屋(ちゃや)辻(つじ) (chayatsuji)
• 札(ふだ)の辻(つじ) (fuda no tsuji)
• 道辻(みちつじ) (michitsuji)
• 四辻(よつつじ), 四(よ)つ辻(つじ) (yotsutsuji), 四辻(よつじ) (yotsuji)
• 六道(ろくどう)の辻(つじ) (rokudō no tsuji)
• 和(わ)辻(つじ) (Watsuji)

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

Korean

Wikisource

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 辻 (Tsuji).

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰip̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [십]

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

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɯp̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [즙]

Hanja

辻 (eum 즙 (jeup))

1. (rare) a surname from Japanese

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 辻