十字

十字

1. cross; crucifix
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 十 (shí),‎ 字 (zì).

十字

1. (attributive) cross-shaped

Compound of 十 (jū, “ten”) + 字 (ji, “letter, character”).

• (Tokyo) じゅ​うじ [júꜜùjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) じゅうじ [jùújí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [(d͡)ʑɨᵝːʑi]

十(じゅう)字(じ) • (jūji) ^{←じふじ (zifuzi)?}

1. ten characters
2. cross (shape)

   Synonym: 十文字 (jūmonji)

   • 1903, 泉鏡花, 二世の契‎, 青空文庫:

     唯(ただ)、彼(あ)のこはれ／″＼の停車場(ステエシヨン)のあとへ来(き)た時(とき)、雨露(あめつゆ)に曝(さら)された十字(じふじ)の里程標(りていへう)が、枯草(かれくさ)の中(なか)に、横(よこ)になつて居(ゐ)るのを見(み)て、何(なん)となく荒野(あれの)の中(なか)の磔柱(はりつけばしら)ででもあるやうに思(おも)つた。

     Tada, ano kowaregoware no sutēshon no ato e kita toki, ametsuyu ni sarasareta jūji no riteihyō ga, karekusa no naka ni, yoko ni natte iru no o mite, nan to naku areno no naka no haritsukebashira de de mo aru yō ni omotta.

     But when I came to the ruins of that dilapidated station, I saw a weather-beaten, cross-shaped milepost lying on its side on withered grass, and somehow it seemed like a crucifixion cross in the wilderness.

3. (Christianity) sign of the cross

   十字(じゅうじ)を切(き)る

   jūji o kiru

   to cross oneself

4. Short for 十字架 (jūjika).

十字 • (sipja) (hangeul 십자)

1. Hanja form^? of 십자 (“cross”).

十字

1. chữ Hán form of thập tự (“cross”).