駅

See also: 驛 and 驿

駅 U+99C5, 駅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99C5 ← 駄 [U+99C4] CJK Unified Ideographs 駆 → [U+99C6]

Translingual

Traditional	驛
Shinjitai	駅
Simplified	驿

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		駅

Usage of 駅 in Hong Kong along with a superscript gloss of 站 (zhàn).

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 駅(えき) (eki).

Etymology

Read as 驛／驿 (jik6) based on the etymology, as 站 (zaam6) using a semantic reading (訓讀／训读 (xùndú)), or as 尺 (cek3) based on the apparent phonetic component (有邊讀邊／有边读边 (yǒu biān dú biān)).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶, zaam⁶, cek³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶, zaam⁶, cek³
    • Yale: yihk, jaahm, chek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹, dzaam⁶, tsek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶, zam⁶, cég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/, /t͡saːm²²/, /t͡sʰɛːk̚³/

Definitions

駅

1. (only used in place names) station

   • 和你相約於東角駅見 [Cantonese, trad.]
     和你相约于东角駅见 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2014, 陳詩慧, 東角駅

     wo⁴ nei⁵ soeng¹ joek³ jyu¹ dung¹ gok³ jik⁶ gin³ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 就好似我哋今日去嘅道之駅農產品市場 [Cantonese, trad.]
     就好似我哋今日去嘅道之駅农产品市场 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 探索大世界3：國際村的農夫們

     zau⁶ hou² ci⁵ ngo⁵ dei⁶ gam¹ jat⁶ heoi³ ge³ dou⁶ zi¹ jik⁶ nung⁴ caan² ban² si⁵ coeng⁴ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 一定會順手去原宿駅朝聖啦 [Cantonese, trad.]
     一定会顺手去原宿駅朝圣啦 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 【飲食男女】再見了！東京原宿駅

     jat¹ ding⁶ wui⁵ seon⁶ sau² heoi³ jyun⁴ sau³ zaam⁶ ciu⁴ sing³ laa¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

This character is used in place names in Hong Kong for stylistic effect; it is also used for faithful rendition of Japanese place names.

Japanese

Shinjitai	駅
Kyūjitai	驛

Glyph origin

Simplified from 驛 (睪 → 尺).

Kanji

駅

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 驛)

Readings

• Go-on: やく (yaku)
• Kan-on: えき (eki, Jōyō)
• Kun: うまや (umaya, 駅)

Etymology 1

From Chinese 驛／驿 (yì, “relay station (a place for changing horses in pre-modern times)”).

Kanji in this term
駅
えき Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
驛 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) え​き [éꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞kʲi]

Note: When used as a suffix, the accent falls on the last syllable of the place name.

Noun

駅(えき) • (eki) 

1. station (train, underground/subway)

Derived terms

• 道(みち)の駅(えき) (michi no eki)
• 海(うみ)の駅(えき) (umi no eki)

Compounds

• 駅(えき)員(いん) (ekīn, “station agent”)
• 駅(えき)長(ちょう) (ekichō, “stationmaster”)
• 駅(えき)伝(でん) (ekiden, “long-distance relay race”)
• 駅(えき)前(まえ) (ekimae, “in front of the station”)

Descendants

• → Taroko: eki
• → Atayal: eki'

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
駅
えき > いき Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
驛 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Noun

駅(いき) • (iki) 

1. (dialect, Ibaraki) station (train, underground/subway)