えき
駅
でん
伝

noun

  1. long-distance relay race. Abbreviation.
  2. stagecoach, post horse.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
えき
駅
でん
伝
 駅伝 えきでん ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

station
エキ (3rd, N4)
horse
ま　バ　うま (2nd, N3)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
shaku, Japanese foot, measure
シャク　セキ　さし (6th, N1)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ　かたしろ (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
transmit, go along, walk along
つた.わる　デン　つだ.う (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
say
ウン　い.う　ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ　ふた　ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)