CROSSROADS    岐路

PLACE WHERE TWO OR MORE WAYS are LINKED.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Qú 衢 refers generally to an intersection of roads, either in a city or in the countryside, from which one can move in four or more directions, once in CC even nine directions. 2. Chōng 衝 refers to such an intersection especially as a centre of communications. 3. Jiē 街 is sometimes used to refer to a cross-road within a city. ERYA 一達謂之道路；二達謂之歧旁；三達謂之劇旁；四達謂之衢；五達謂之康；六達謂之莊；七達謂之劇驂；八達謂之崇期；九達謂之逵。 is a wonderful example of rationalisation in lexicography.
Modern Chinese Criteria
路口 街口 街頭 十字路口 十字街頭 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1203

    衢，衝

  • Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography ( ROBERTS 1998) p. 686

    • Words (10 items)

    衢  qú OC: ɡʷa MC: gi̯o 5 Attributions

    Qú 衢 refers generally to an intersection of roads, either in a city or in the countryside, from which one can move in four or more directions, once in CC even nine directions.

      Syntactic words
    • nroad; cross-roads
    • npost-Ncrossroads between A, B (, C, D ... etc.)LZ
    逵  kuí OC: ɡʷrɯw MC: gi 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ncross-road; place where many roads meet cf. Paris, "Etoile".
    衢涂  qú tú MC: gju du OC: ɡʷa laa 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPcrossroadsLZ
    逵路  kuí lù OC: ɡʷrɯw ɡ-raaɡs MC: gi luo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPcross-road
    街  jiā OC: kree MC: kɣɛ 1 Attribution

    Jiē 街 is sometimes used to refer to a cross-road within a city.

      Syntactic words
    • ncross-road in city, intersection of streets
    街頭  jiē tóu OC: kree doo MC: kɣɛi du 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPintersection
    十字街  shí zì jiē OC: ɡjub sɡlɯs kree MC: dʑip dzɨ kɣɛi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPcross-road with the form of a 十
    衝  chōng OC: thjoŋ MC: tɕhi̯oŋ 0 Attributions

    Chōng 衝 refers to such an intersection especially as a centre of communications.

      Syntactic words
    • ncross-road
    馗  kuí OC: ɡʷru MC: gi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • ncross-road; intersection
    通口  tōng kǒu OC: kh-looŋ khooʔ MC: thuŋ khu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPa crossroads