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station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website

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HSK 3.0
Level 1
Old HSK
Level 2
Strokes
10
Radical
立 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
站
Common rank
#706
Unicode
U+7AD9

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 站 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

立 meaning “stand” + 占 sound ( zhàn )

Components 立 占

How to remember it

station · Heisig RSH #446

占 tell fortunes + vase

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 站

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
车站 chē zhàn rail station; bus stop; CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4]
水力发电站 shuǐ lì fā diàn zhàn hydroelectric power plant
原子能发电站 yuán zǐ néng fā diàn zhàn atomic power station
中站区 Zhōng zhàn Qū Zhongzhan, a district of Jiaozuo City 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 Shi4], Henan
地热电站 dì rè diàn zhàn geothermal electric power station
水电站 shuǐ diàn zhàn hydroelectric power plant
下一站 xià yī zhàn the next stop (of a bus etc)
发电站 fā diàn zhàn power station
天后站 Tiān hòu zhàn Tin Hau MTR station (Eastern District, Hong Kong Island)
站前区 Zhàn qián Qū Zhanqian, a district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市[Ying2 kou3 Shi4], Liaoning
火车站 huǒ chē zhàn train station
中转站 zhōng zhuǎn zhàn transit hub; transport hub; interchange
公交站 gōng jiāo zhàn public transport station
工作站 gōng zuò zhàn (computer) workstation
一站式 yī zhàn shì one-stop (service, shop etc)
管理站 guǎn lǐ zhàn management station
打前站 dǎ qián zhàn to set out in advance to make arrangements (board, lodging etc); (military) to dispatch an…
国际空间站 Guó jì Kōng jiān zhàn International Space Station
变电站 biàn diàn zhàn (transformer) substation
巴士站 bā shì zhàn bus stop

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 占 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
占 sound part zhàn to divine; to observe; to versify
点 diǎn dot, point, speck
战 zhàn war, fighting, battle
店 diàn shop, store; inn, hotel
贴 tiē to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy
钻 zuàn diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce
黏 nián to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue
沾 zhān to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch
粘 zhān viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous
毡 zhān felt; rug, carpet
砧 zhēn anvil, flat stone
玷 diàn character flaw; a flaw in a gem
坫 diàn a stand on which to replace goblets after drinking
苫 shān rush or straw matting
飐 zhǎn to sway in the wind
扂 diàn door latch
鲇 nián sheatfish; Parasilurus asotus