驛

See also: 駅 and 驿

Translingual

Traditional	驛
Shinjitai	駅
Simplified	驿

Han character

驛 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+13, 23 strokes, cangjie input 尸火田中十 (SFWLJ), four-corner 7634₁, composition ⿰馬睪)

Derived characters

• 㶠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1446, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45030
• Dae Jaweon: page 1971, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4579, character 19
• Unihan data for U+9A5B

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Chinese

trad.		驛
simp.		驿
alternative forms		𩦯

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 驛
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (睪) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
斁	*ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ
籜	*l̥ʰaːɡ
蘀	*l̥ʰaːɡ
鐸	*l'aːɡ
凙	*l'aːɡ
襗	*l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ
擇	*rlaːɡ
澤	*rlaːɡ
鸅	*rlaːɡ
蠌	*rlaːɡ
檡	*rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ
釋	*hljaɡ
繹	*laːɡ
睪	*neb, *laːɡ, *kuː
譯	*laːɡ
嶧	*laːɡ
懌	*laːɡ
驛	*laːɡ
醳	*laːɡ
圛	*laːɡ
墿	*laːɡ
燡	*laːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *laːɡ) : semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 驛

1. relay station (for posting horses)
2. (Southern Min) train station, bus stop, or similar
3. Used in placenames.

   驛城區／驿城区  ―  Yìchéng qū  ―  Yicheng district in Henan, China

   龍泉驛區／龙泉驿区  ―  Lóngquányì qū  ―  Longquanyi district in Sichuan, China

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Japanese

Shinjitai	駅
Kyūjitai	驛

Kanji

驛

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 駅)

Readings

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

Kanji in this term
驛
えき Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 駅: station (train, underground/subway)

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Korean

Hanja

驛 (eum 역 (yeok))

Noun

驛 • (yeok) (hangeul 역)

1. Hanja form^? of 역 (“(railway, subway) station”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

驛: Hán Nôm readings: dịch