驛

See also 駅, and 驿

Translingual

shinjitai	駅
simplified	驿
traditional	驛

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 睪

Han character

驛 (radical 187 馬+13, 23 strokes, cangjie input 尸火田中十 (SFWLJ), four-corner 7634₁)

1. relay station

Descendants

• 駅 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 驿 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: page 1446, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45030
• Dae Jaweon: page 1971, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4579, character 19
• Unihan data for U+9A5B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

驛 (simplified 驿, jyutping jik6, Yale yik6)

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Japanese

Kanji

驛

Readings

• On: えき (eki)
• Kun: うまや (umaya)

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Korean

Hanja

驛 (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune-Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

驛 (simplified 驿, pinyin yì (yi4), Wade-Giles i⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

驛 (dịch)