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RTK / HeisigFrame #2138

station

Lv 46

Strokes: 14

JLPT: N4

Jōyō: Grade 3

Meanings

station RTKTrain Station

Community Mnemonic

674 votes

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.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

?shakuhachi
horse

On'yomi

えき

Kun'yomi

None

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