駅

See also: 驛 and 驿

駅	U+99C5, 駅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99C5

← 駄
[U+99C4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

駆 →
[U+99C6]

Translingual

Traditional	驛
Shinjitai	駅
Simplified	驿

Han character

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

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1435, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44633
Dae Jaweon: page 1960, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4545, character 9
Unihan data for U+99C5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		駅

Usage of 駅 in Hong Kong along with a superscript gloss of 站 (zhàn).

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 駅(えき) (eki).

Etymology

Read as 驛／驿 (jik6) based on the etymology, as 站 (zaam6) using a semantic reading (訓讀／训读 (xùndú)), or as 尺 (cek3) based on the apparent phonetic component (有邊讀邊／有边读边 (yǒu biān dú biān)).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jik⁶
  - Yale: yihk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚²/

Definitions

駅

(only used in place names) station
- 和你相約於東角駅見 [Cantonese, trad.]
  和你相约于东角駅见 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2014, 陳詩慧, 東角駅
  wo⁴ nei⁵ soeng¹ joek³ jyu¹ dung¹ gok³ jik⁶ gin³ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 就好似我哋今日去嘅道之駅農產品市場 [Cantonese, trad.]
  就好似我哋今日去嘅道之駅农产品市场 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2016, 探索大世界3：國際村的農夫們
  zau⁶ hou² ci⁵ ngo⁵ dei⁶ gam¹ jat⁶ heoi³ ge³ dou⁶ zi¹ jik⁶ nung⁴ caan² ban² si⁵ coeng⁴ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 一定會順手去原宿駅朝聖啦 [Cantonese, trad.]
  一定会顺手去原宿駅朝圣啦 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 2016, 【飲食男女】再見了！東京原宿駅
  jat¹ ding⁶ wui⁵ seon⁶ sau² heoi³ jyun⁴ sau³ zaam⁶ ciu⁴ sing³ laa¹ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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	駅
Kyūjitai	驛

Glyph origin

Simplified from 驛 (睪 → 尺).

Kanji

駅

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 驛)

Readings

Go-on: やく (yaku)
Kan-on: えき (eki, Jōyō)
Kun: うまや (umaya, 駅)

Etymology 1

From Chinese 驛／驿 (yì, “relay station (a place for changing horses in pre-modern times)”).

Kanji in this term
駅
えき Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
驛 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えき [éꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [e̞kʲi]

Note: When used as a suffix, the accent falls on the last syllable of the place name.^[2]

Noun

駅(えき) • (eki)

station (train, underground/subway)

Derived terms

道(みち)の駅(えき) (michi no eki)
海(うみ)の駅(えき) (umi no eki)

Compounds

駅(えき)員(いん) (ekīn, “station agent”)
駅(えき)長(ちょう) (ekichō, “stationmaster”)
駅(えき)伝(でん) (ekiden, “long-distance relay race”)
駅(えき)前(まえ) (ekimae, “in front of the station”)

Descendants

→ Taroko: eki
→ Atayal: eki'

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
駅
えき > いき Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
驛 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Noun

駅(いき) • (iki)

(dialect, Ibaraki) station (train, underground/subway)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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