Meanings
- ticket
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#583 of 2,500
Kanji N2
券: ticket
券 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning ticket, written with 8 strokes. It is read ケン (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 券 (けん, ticket) and 定期券 (ていきけん, commuter pass).
券
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ケン
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- None in common use
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 券
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- 券けんJLPT N3
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
- JLPT N2
- JLPT N2
- JLPT N1
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