漢字城 Kanji Fortress

駅 station

On'yomi
エキ
Strokes
14
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
駅 is written in 14 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

In the old days a horse could only run a fixed measure of road before it had to be swapped — so every few measures they built a station.

A common word

  • 東京駅 とうきょうえき Tokyo Station

Example sentences

  • えきであいましょう。

    Let's meet at the station.

  • わたしのいえはえきからちかいです。

    My house is close to the station.

Kanji that share a part

馬 is its radical. 12 kanji share it in all.

  • 験 test
  • 駐 stop-over N2
  • 馳 gallop N1
  • 駆 drive N1
  • 駄 pack horse N1
  • 罵 abuse N1
  • 駒 horse N1
  • 篤 sincere N1

尺 is a component.

  • 昼 daytime
  • 尽 exhaust N2
  • 沢 swamp N1
  • 択 choose N1
  • 釈 explain N1
  • 訳 translate N1