# 驛

| 驛 | U+9A5B, &#39515; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A5B |
| ← 驚 [U+9A5A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 驜 → [U+9A5C] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 驛 |
| Shinjitai | 駅 |
| Simplified | 驿 |

### Han character

驛 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+13, 23 strokes, cangjie input 尸火田中十 (SFWLJ), four-corner 7634$_1$, composition ⿰馬睪)

#### Derived characters

* 㶠

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1446, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45030
* Dae Jaweon: page 1971, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4579, character 19
* Unihan data for U+9A5B

## Chinese

* 驛站 (Written Standard Chinese)
* Yam (route) (English)
* 驛牌

### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 驛
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 斁 | *ʔl'aːɡs, *l'aːɡs, *laːɡ |
| 籜 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 蘀 | *l̥ʰaːɡ |
| 鐸 | *l'aːɡ |
| 凙 | *l'aːɡ |
| 襗 | *l'aːɡ, *rlaːɡ, *laːɡ |
| 擇 | *rlaːɡ |
| 澤 | *rlaːɡ |
| 鸅 | *rlaːɡ |
| 蠌 | *rlaːɡ |
| 檡 | *rlaːɡ, *hljaɡ |
| 釋 | *hljaɡ |
| 繹 | *laːɡ |
| 睪 | *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː |
| 譯 | *laːɡ |
| 嶧 | *laːɡ |
| 懌 | *laːɡ |
| 驛 | *laːɡ |
| 醳 | *laːɡ |
| 圛 | *laːɡ |
| 墿 | *laːɡ |
| 燡 | *laːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *laːɡ): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 睪 (OC *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː).

### Etymology

Same word as 繹 (OC *laːɡ, “to unravel”) (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.
Alternatively, Blažek and Schwarz (2017) suggest that this is perhaps a loan from a hypothetical Tocharian compound *klyælylyæ-yäkwæ (“standing of horses”), but this seems to be highly speculative.
The Taiwanese Hokkien sense is an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 駅(えき) (eki).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yì (yi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jik$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yet$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yi̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yid$^6$
* Northern Min (KCR): ĭ
* Eastern Min (BUC): iăh / ĭk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ia̍h / e̍k / ia̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iah$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$yiq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yì
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yì
*** Wade–Giles: i$^4$
*** Yale: yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yih
*** Palladius: и (i)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jik$^6$
*** Yale: yihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɪk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yet$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jet̚³²/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: id
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yi̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)id
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /it̚⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /i²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: iăh / ĭk
*** Sinological IPA : /iaʔ⁵/, /iʔ⁵/
* iăh - vernacular;
* ĭk - literary.
* Middle Chinese: yek
Rime :
| Character | 驛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羊益切 |
| Baxter | yek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jiᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jiɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /iæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jiajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /iɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*lAk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*laːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 驛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yek › |
| Old Chinese | /*lAk/ |
| English | post-horse |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 驛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15141 |
| Phonetic component | 睪 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繹 |
| Old Chinese | /*laːɡ/ |

### Definitions

驛
* posthorse
* relay station (for posting horses)
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) train station, bus stop, or similar

### Compounds

* 傳驛 / 传驿
* 古驛 / 古驿 (Gǔyì)
* 官塘驛 / 官塘驿 (Guāntángyì)
* 水郵山驛 / 水邮山驿
* 水驛 / 水驿
* 石橋驛 / 石桥驿 (Shíqiáoyì)
* 臨江驛 / 临江驿
* 辛安驛 / 辛安驿
* 郵驛 / 邮驿
* 鄭驛留賓 / 郑驿留宾
* 館驛 / 馆驿 (guǎnyì)
* 馬道驛 / 马道驿
* 馳驛 / 驰驿
* 駱驛 / 骆驿 (luòyì)
* 駱驛不絕 / 骆驿不绝
* 驛丞 / 驿丞
* 驛亭 / 驿亭
* 驛使 / 驿使 (yìshǐ)
* 驛傳 / 驿传
* 驛券 / 驿券
* 驛吏 / 驿吏
* 驛樓 / 驿楼
* 驛牌 / 驿牌
* 驛站 / 驿站 (yìzhàn)
* 驛遞 / 驿递
* 驛館 / 驿馆
* 驛馬 / 驿马 (yìmǎ)
* 驛馬沖 / 驿马冲 (Yìmǎchōng)
* 驛馬車 / 驿马车
* 驛驛 / 驿驿

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 駅(えき) (eki, “station”)
* → Korean: 역(驛) (yeok, “station”)

### References

* “驛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 駅 |
| Kyūjitai | 驛 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 駅)

#### Readings

* Go-on: やく (yaku)
* Kan-on: えき (eki)
* Kun: うまや (umaya, 驛)
* Kanji in this term
* 驛
* えき Hyōgai
* on'yomi

### Noun

驛(えき) • (eki)
* Kyūjitai form of 駅: station (train, underground/subway)

## Korean
### Hanja

驛 (eumhun 정거장(停車場) 역 (jeonggeojang yeok))

### Noun

驛 • (yeok) (hangeul 역)
* hanja form of 역 (“(railway, subway) station”)

## Vietnamese
### Hán tự

驛: Hán Nôm readings: dịch