See also: and 驿
U+99C5, 駅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99C5

[U+99C4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+99C6]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified 驿

Han character

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

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.
Usage of in Hong Kong along with a superscript gloss of .

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese  (えき) (eki), read either etymologically as 驿 (jik6) or semantically as (zaam6).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  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

Kyūjitai

Glyph origin

Simplified from ().

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
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

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

  1. station (train, underground/subway)

Compounds

  •  (えき) (でん) (ekiden, long-distance relay race)
  •  (えき) (まえ) (ekimae, in front of the station)

Derived terms

  •  (みち) (えき) (michi no eki)
  •  (うみ) (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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