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Station Horse Train Play Carriage 駅 エキ 駅(えき

Kanji
Onyomi エキ
English station
Examples 駅(えき): station
JLPT Level 5
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 724
Components 馬: horse
尺: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule
Number of Strokes 14
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 187
Radical Strokes 10
Radical Reading うま・うまへん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword station
Koohii Story 1 Anyone living in Japan knows that train stations play little melodies when the train is about to arrive. In Ye Olden Days, when horses and carriages were used for transport, the carriage driver would play a little melody on his shakuhachi to let the passengers know the carriage was arriving at the next station.
Koohii Story 2 A homeless horse playing the flute at the station to make a dime.
RTK Index 1984

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade3, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_structure.town.building

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