Memory phrase for the character: 駅

駅

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Meaning

(railway) station

Pronunciation

EKI

Explanation

Left: a horse 馬 (image with a mane 三 in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail フ), right: a measure unit 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm)

Mnemonic

(The railway stations were previously relay stations where horses were evaluated (=measured) if they could continue or need to be changed.) - Horses are measured at the station.

Radicals

馬	horse	Picture of a running horse with the mane in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail.
尺	Shaku

Vocabulary

駅	えき	station
駅頭	えきとう	place in front of station
中央駅	ちゅうおうえき	Central station
駅前	えきまえ	in front of a station

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