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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くるまへん

Meaning: cart, car

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

数(けんすう)   number of houses

(いっけん)   one house

(なんげん)   how many houses

家(いっけんや)   an isolated house

(のき)   eaves

下(のきした)   place under the eaves

先(のきさき)   edge of the eaves, frontage

並み(のきなみ)   row of houses, every door

Onyomi Examples

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

ケンコウ high-spirited, in high spirits

イッケンイッケン house to house, door to door

Kunyomi Examples

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

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

そばのき barge course