JLPT N2 · 8 strokes
Kanji 券: "ticket"
The kanji 券 means "ticket". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read ケン in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | ticket |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 583 of 2,501 |
Common words with 券
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 券ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
- 食券meal ticket
- 証券bond; bill; certificate; security
- 沽券に関わるto be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
- 入場券admission ticket; entrance ticket · platform ticket; ticket allowing a non-traveller access to a railway station platform
- 招待券complimentary ticket; invitation card; invitation ticket
- 券売機ticket machine; ticket-vending machine
- 割引券discount coupon; discount ticket
- 証券会社brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
- 馬券betting ticket; betting slip
- 沽券dignity; credit; public estimation; face · deed of sale (for a land, forest or house)
- 整理券numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.) · zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded
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