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N5 Kanji 33: 駅

Meaning of kanji 駅:

In Japanese, 駅 means “station”.

How to read kanji 駅:

KunyomiNot often used
Onyomiえき

How to write kanji 駅:

Origin of kanji 駅:

駅＝馬＋尺.
馬 is horse, and 尺 is the man waiting for the horse.
In ancient Japanese there was no car, and people need to ride horse.
So 駅 stands for “station”.

Development of kanji 駅:

Vocabulary containing kanji 駅:

WordReadingMeaning
駅えきstation
駅前えきまえin front of a station
駅員えきいんstation staff
駅弁えきべんstation lunch
駅名えきめいstation name

Example Sentences of kanji 駅:

彼女かのじょは先生せんせいを見み送おくりに駅えきに行いきました。
She went to the station to see her teacher off.

駅えきの前まえに噴水ふんすいがあります。
There is a fountain in front of the station.

彼女かのじょは七しち時じに駅えきに着ついた。
She got to the station at seven.

私わたしは駅えきから二に百ひゃくメートル以い内ないに住すんでいます。
I live within 200 meters of the station.

列車れっしゃは大阪おおさか駅えきに着ついた。
The train arrived at Osaka station.
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2 thoughts on “N5 Kanji 33: 駅”

  1. Luke says:

    there appears to be a typo.

    “馬 is horse, and 尺 is the man waiting for the house.”

    shouldn’t “house” be “horse” as well?

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      Marshall says:

      fixed! Thank you for the information!

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