Simplified form: 駅 (used in Japan and China).
Interestingly, this simplified form originated in Korea as an early shorthand, and was later adopted into Japanese Shinjitai and Chinese Simplified script.

Phono-semantic compound:
馬 (마, horse) – semantic component, indicating relation to horses and travel.
睪 (역, to peep, to watch) – phonetic component, giving the sound yeok.

Historically important in East Asia’s postal systems (역참제, 郵驛制度).
驛站 (역참) — relay station in ancient times
驛馬 (역마) — post horse, horse used for official travel
驛舍 (역사) — station building, relay post house
驛口 (역구) — station entrance

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

famine, food shortage, time of famine or crop failure

side dish

to starve, to be famished, famine, dearth

to covet, to crave, to be greedy, gluttonous

stuff into the mouth, to gobble up greedily

to disturb, to be noisy, to be troubled

test, examination, to verify, to inspect

to be startled, to be surprised, to be alarmed, to frighten, to scare

post station, relay station (for horses and officials in ancient times), station, stop, terminal

body, shape, form

to fight, to compete, to quarrel

demon, evil spirit, sorcery, magic

cry of bird or animal, to cry, to sound

crane (bird)

falcon, gyrfalcon

chicken

nasal blockage, stuffy nose, to speak with a nasal, congested sound

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驛

Etymology

Usage in Korean

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