Meet 駅 in everyday words: its meaning here is station. Learn each word with its own reading.

The idea

駅 has 14 strokes. Follow the linked stroke-order diagram. 駅 is read えき and means station; 駅前 is read えきまえ and means area in front of a station. 駅員 is read えきいん: station employee.

Patterns to compare
Japanese wordReadingMeaning
駅えきstation
駅前えきまえarea in front of a station
駅員えきいんstation employee

Examples

  • この駅えきは大おおきいです。This station is large.
  • 駅えきで友達ともだちと会あいます。I meet a friend at the station.
  • 駅えきまで歩あるいて行いきます。I walk to the station.
  • 駅前えきまえに店みせがあります。There is a shop in front of the station.
  • ここは東京駅とうきょうえきです。This is Tokyo Station.
  • 駅員えきいんに道みちを聞ききます。I ask a station employee for directions.

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Watch out

Compare 駅 with 馬; notice their different parts and strokes rather than guessing from the overall shape. 駅で marks the place where an action happens, as in meeting a friend; 駅に or 駅へ can mark a destination.

Try it yourself

  1. Write the reading of 駅 in hiragana.

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    えき

    駅 is read えき; it means station. Remember the reading with the whole word.

  2. Write the reading of 駅前 in hiragana.

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    えきまえ

    駅前 is read えきまえ; it means area in front of a station. Remember the reading with the whole word.

  3. Write えきいん in kanji for “station employee”.

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    駅員

    駅員 is written with 駅 and read えきいん; it means station employee.

Use it today

Write 駅 three times using the linked stroke order. Cover the table, read 駅 and 駅前, and make a sentence with one of them.