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Kanji Detail for 駅 - "relay station, station"

駅

  • Meaning

    駅 means "relay station, station."

    1. Relay station - A place for changing horses and resting.

    2. Relay horse - A horse prepared for switching.

    3. Station - A place where trains arrive and depart.

  • Words using 駅

    • 駅前 えきまえ Listen in front of a station
    • 駅伝 えきでん Listen long-distance relay race; stagecoach; post horse
    • 宿駅 しゅくえき Listen relay station; post station; stage
    • 駅員 えきいん Listen (train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
    • 駅弁 えきべん Listen boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty)
    • 駅長 えきちょう Listen station master
    • 終着駅 しゅうちゃくえき Listen terminal station

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    • Verified meaning: relay station, station
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read えき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 駅

    Surnames 駅(えき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    station

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    relay station

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 驛|驿[yi4]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    eki(エキ) エキ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    馬 (uma・umahen)

  • Related Keywords

    relay station station relay horse hayauma umaya platform railway commute arrival departure passenger connection subway destination stop terminal

Sentences including 駅

  • The next station is where you get off.

  • Will you wait for us at the station?

  • I'll get off at the next station.

  • The station is not far from here.

  • I have been to the station to see him off.

  • Our school is near the station.

  • My parents have just arrived at the station.

  • I went to osaka station.

  • I can beat you to the station.

  • His train arrived at tokyo station.

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