Kanji N2

軒: flats, counter for houses, eaves

軒 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning flats, counter for houses, eaves, written with 10 strokes. It is read ケン (on) and のき (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 軒 (のき, eaves) and 軒並み (のきなみ, row of houses).

軒

Meanings

  • flats
  • counter for houses
  • eaves
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1416 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ケン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • のき

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 軒

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 軒のき

    eaves

    JLPT N3
  • 軒並みのきなみ

    row of houses

    JLPT N1
  • 軒先のきさき

    edge of the eaves; house frontage

  • 一軒いっけん

    one house

  • 軒下のきした

    under the eaves

  • 一軒家いっけんや

    detached house; single house; single building

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.