Memory phrase for the Kanji: 駅


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Meaning (railway) station

Pronunciation

EKI

Explanation

Left: a horse (image with a mane in the wind, four legs and the tail フ), right: a measure unit (from the body one foot 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

horsePicture of a running horse with the mane in the wind, four legs and the tail.
Shaku
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 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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