ChiramiN4 kanji · 14 strokes
駅 means station
駅
馬 horse · 尺 a measure
駅Memory trick
Where horses (馬) were changed after a measured (尺) distance: a station.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meaning
- station
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
From Chinese (onyomi) エキ eki
エキ (eki) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
駅前 えきまえ · ekimae
in front of a station
Built from
Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.
馬 Used in 12 kanji
灬 Used in 47 kanji
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What does 駅 mean?
Right: 駅 means station.Not quite: 駅 means station.In 駅前, 駅 is read えき. Which kind of reading is that?
Right. 駅前 is read えきまえ (ekimae): 駅 takes エキ, its reading from Chinese. It's the only reading 駅 has.Not quite. 駅前 is read えきまえ (ekimae): 駅 takes エキ, its reading from Chinese. It's the only reading 駅 has.