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駅 = 尺 + 馬

駅 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “station”. It is built from 尺 (shaku) and 馬 (horse). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2138.

Keyword
station
RTK frame
2138
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
エキ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
станция
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
駅 relay station

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 尺 shaku
  2. 馬 horse

How to find 駅 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shaku” + “horse”. 駅 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 駅 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.