14 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N4

station

On'yomi
  • railway station ②staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan) ③counter for railway stations and bus stations

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

エキ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

station
エキ (3rd, N4)
horse
ま バ うま (2nd, N3)
three
サン み みっ.つ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
shaku, Japanese foot, measure
シャク セキ さし (6th, N1)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

railway station ②staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan) ③counter for railway stations and bus stations
in front of a station
(train) station attendant
long-distance relay race ②stagecoach
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty) ②sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
stop (on a train's route)
roadside station (government-designated rest area found along roads and highways)
train that stops at every station
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References

Unicode hex code 99C5
JIS X 0208 1-17-56
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5199
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6735
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1822
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2292
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1184
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1618
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1984
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2138
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 384
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2172
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 189
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 44633P
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 233
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 284
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 284
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 158
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 101
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 253
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 426
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 56
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 2.12
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1915
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 2003
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 10a4.4
Four corner code 7738.7
De Roo Code 3462