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

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 駅
Usage of 駅 in Hong Kong along with a superscript gloss of 站.

Etymology

From Japanese 駅 (えき) (eki), read either etymologically as 驛／驿 (jik6) or semantically as 站 (zaam6).

Pronunciation

Definitions

駅

  1. (only used in place names) station

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Note: When used as a suffix, the accent falls on the last syllable of the place name.[2]

Noun

駅 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 驛, hiragana えき, rōmaji eki)

  1. station (train, underground/subway)

Compounds

  • 駅 (えき)伝 (でん) (ekiden, “long-distance relay race”)
  • 駅 (えき)前 (まえ) (ekimae, “in front of the station”)

Derived terms

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

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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