Memory phrase for the character: 驿

驿

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Meaning post horse, relay station

Pronunciation

yì

Explanation

Left: horse 马/馬, right: variation of vertical 圣, but here: two different hands: 又 and 扌=手

Mnemonic
 
(Here the riders changed horses.) A horse comes from one hand to another at: the relay station.

Radicals

马 horsesimplified from 馬
圣 verticalShows a hand 又 vertically above ground/earth 土. It has also the meaning "holy" from a hand over an object when blessing it.
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 Vocabulary

驿站 yì zhàn  relay station for post horses
驿站 yì zhàn  
驿马 yì mǎ  post horse
驿马 yì mǎ  

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