站
zhàn · HSK 1
to stand
🚉 立 (stand) + 占 (occupy) = to stand, a station
站 combines 立 (to stand upright) with 占 (to occupy a spot). Sounds like 'jahn'. Extended meaning: a station or stop, where vehicles stand still.
站 — 立 (stand) + 占 (zhàn, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 立 'to stand' gives the meaning, while 占 supplies the sound zhàn. Originally meaning 'to stand upright,' it later extended to 'a place where one stops or stands,' giving modern senses like station or stop.