Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: station

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: エキ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: うまへん

Meaning: horse

Strokes: 10

Examples

Examples with audio

(えき)   station

前(えきまえ)   in front of the station

長(えきちょう)   station master

弁(えきべん)   (boxed) lunch sold in stations

東京(とうきょうえき)   Tokyo station

Onyomi Examples

エキ railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations

エキイン (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff

宿 シュクエキ relay station, post station, stage

終着 シュウチャクエキ terminal station