駅 — how to write the kanji for “station”
駅 (“station”) is a JLPT N4 kanji taught in third grade in Japan. Its parts sit side by side: 馬 (“horse”, its radical), strokes 1–10; 尺 (“shaku”), strokes 11–14, each finished before the next. Its 14 strokes make it one of the longest to write at N4. On its own it is the word eki, “railway station; train station”. Its common words take the reading eki: 駅前 (“in front of a station”), 駅伝 (“long-distance relay race”), 宿駅 (“relay station”) and 駅員 (“(train) station attendant”).
- Strokes
- 14
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 馬 (“horse”)
- On
- エキ
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Horizontal-turn-hook ㇆leftrightwards → downwards
- Dot ㇔bottom leftdownwards
- Dot ㇔bottom leftdownwards
- Dot ㇔leftdownwards
- Dot ㇔leftdown and right
- Horizontal-turn ㇕toprightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdownwards
- Right-falling stroke ㇏centerdown and right
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- エキ eki
- Kun (native)
- none
- Meanings
- station
- Read eki
- 駅前 駅伝 宿駅 駅員 駅弁 駅長
- School year
- third grade
- Newspaper rank
- 724th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 역 yeok
- Common words
- 7 in JMdict
Words with 駅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 駅前 | えきまえ ekimae | in front of a station |
| 駅伝 | えきでん ekiden | long-distance relay race; stagecoach |
| 宿駅 | しゅくえき shukueki | relay station; post station |
| 駅員 | えきいん ekiin | (train) station attendant; station employee |
| 駅弁 | えきべん ekiben | boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty) |
| 駅長 | えきちょう ekichou | station master |
| 終着駅 | しゅうちゃくえき shuuchakueki | terminal station |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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Keep going
Same parts:
JLPT N4, in list order: