Today’s first #kanji is #駅. This character is currently written with #うまへん（馬） and 尺 but its つくり (the right side) used to be 睪 whose reading is エキ. 驛’s original meaning was “horses provided at each relay station for travellers.”
Meaning: a station
駅(エキ): a railway station
駅長（エキチョウ）: a stationmaster
駅前（エキまえ）: in front of the station
駅舎（エキシャ）: a station building
駅伝（エキデン）（競争（キョウソウ））: a long-distance relay (running) race, ekiden
停車駅（テイシャエキ）: the stations where the train stops
始発駅（シハツエキ）: the station a train starts from, the first station (on a line)
終着駅（シュウチャクエキ）: a terminal station, a last stop
乗換駅（のりかえエキ）: a junction, a station for changing trains, a transfer station
通過駅（ツウカエキ）: a skipped station, a bypassed station
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