駅

See also 驛, and 驿

Translingual

shinjitai	駅
simplified	驿
traditional	驛

Etymology

Simplified from 驛 (睪 → 尺) in Japanese shinjitai.

In present form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 馬 + phonetic 尺.

Han character

駅 (radical 187 馬+4, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸火尸人 (SFSO), four-corner 7738₇, composition ⿰馬尺)

1. relay station

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1435, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44633
• Dae Jaweon: page 1960, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 7, page 4545, character 9
• Unihan data for U+99C5

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Japanese

Etymology

Shinjitai form of 驛

Kanji

駅 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: えき (eki)
• Kun: うまや (umaya)

Compounds

駅員 (えきいん, ekiin) station agent 駅長 (えきちょう, ekichō) stationmaster

駅伝 駅前

Noun

駅 (hiragana えき, romaji eki)

1. a station (train, underground/subway)