# 辻

| 辻 | U+8FBB, &#36795; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FBB |
| ← 辺 [U+8FBA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 込 → [U+8FBC] |

## Translingual
### 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
### Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 辻 (tsuji).

### Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 十 (shí).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shí (shi$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sap$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shí
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shíh
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^2$
*** Yale: shŕ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyr
*** Palladius: ши (ši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sap$^6$
*** Yale: sahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seb$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /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

| Shinjitai (extended) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| 辻󠄂 辻+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| 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

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* 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: [t͡sɨʑi]

#### 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) (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)
* 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

* (Tokyo) つむじ [tsùmújí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [t͡sɨmɯ̟ʑi]

#### Noun

辻(つむじ) • (tsumuji)
* Same as つじ (tsuji) above

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## 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: [ɕʰip̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [십]

#### Hanja

辻 (eumhun 네거리 십 (negeori sip))
* (rare) a surname from Japanese

### Etymology 2

Spelling pronunciation, following the reading of 汁(즙) (jeup).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕɯp̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [즙]

#### Hanja

辻 (eum 즙 (jeup))
* (rare) a surname from Japanese

### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary: 辻