漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
券: ticket
JLPT N28 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
- 𠔉(sound)
- 刀sword(meaning)
刀 carries the meaning · 𠔉 gives the sound
8 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 券けんticket, coupon, bond, certificate
- 券売機けんばいきticket machine
- 旅券りょけんpassport
- 証券しょうけんsecurities, bonds, certificates
- 債券さいけんbond, debenture
- 株券かぶけんstock certificate
- 食券しょっけんmeal ticket
- 乗車券じょうしゃけんpassenger ticket
- 特急券とっきゅうけんspecial-express ticket
- 入場券にゅうじょうけんticket of admission
- 定期券ていきけんcommuter pass, season ticket
- 回数券かいすうけんbook of tickets
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)𠔉 (sound) + 刀 knife (meaning)
Contract. Ancient contracts were cut in half.
Source: Wiktionary, 券 (rev. 92160368), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine the gleaming edge of a samurai's katana! This character captures the curve and the sharpness of a blade.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side券 ticket · 刀
vs巻 scroll · 己In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · quàn
Same form: 券 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 券 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 券 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin quàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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