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 X卜十 (XYJ) or 卜十 (YJ), composition ⿺辶十)

References

KangXi: 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

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)⁺
  - Jyutping: sap⁶
  - Yale: sahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seb⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐp̚²/

Definitions

辻

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

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 a intersection in Chinese characters is 行.

Kanji

辻

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) つじ [tsùjí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝʑi]

Noun

辻(つじ) • (tsuji)

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

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) (Tsujii)
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)

a place name
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

Kun’yomi

IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝmɯ̟ᵝʑi]

Noun

辻(つむじ) • (tsumuji)

Same as つじ (tsuji) above

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 辻 (Tsuji).

Etymology 1

Following the reading of 十 (sip).

Hanja

辻 (eum 십 (sip))

(rare) a surname from Japanese

Etymology 2

Following the reading of 汁 (jeup).

Hanja

辻 (eum 즙 (jeup))

(rare) a surname from Japanese

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-2] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN