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

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

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)

  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).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

辻(つじ) • (tsuji) 

  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) (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) 

  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

Noun

辻(つむじ) • (tsumuji) 

  1. Same as つじ (tsuji) above

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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))

  1. (rare) a surname from Japanese

Etymology 2

Following the reading of 汁 (jeup).

Hanja

辻 (eum 즙 (jeup))

  1. (rare) a surname from Japanese
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