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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1416 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: flats, counter for houses, eaves

Kunyomi: のき

Onyomi: ケン

Composition: 車 干

軒

Radical

Radical: 車

Reading: くるまへん

Meaning: cart, car

Strokes: 7

Reading: くるまへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

軒数(けんすう)   number of houses

一軒(いっけん)   one house

何軒(なんげん)   how many houses

一軒家(いっけんや)   an isolated house

軒(のき)   eaves

軒下(のきした)   place under the eaves

軒先(のきさき)   edge of the eaves, frontage

軒並み(のきなみ)   row of houses, every door

Onyomi Examples

軒 (ケン) counter for buildings (esp. houses), suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

軒昂 (ケンコウ) high-spirited, in high spirits

一軒一軒 (イッケンイッケン) each house, every house, house to house, door to door

Kunyomi Examples

軒 (のき) eaves, narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

軒並み (のきなみ) row of houses, every house, each house, every door, all, totally, altogether, across the board

傍軒 (そばのき) barge course

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