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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[qú]
thoroughfare
Japanese
(old) (old) ちまた 同音

noun

  1. the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street")
  2. street; district; quarters
  3. location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
  4. divide (e.g. between life and death)
  5. fork (in a road); crossroads (orig. meaning)
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