漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
軒: flats, counter for houses
Also: eaves
JLPT N210 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
車 carries the meaning · 干 gives the sound
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 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
のきnoki · kun'yomi · on its own
- 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
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look down on the world's first machines! This character shows the wheels and the frame of an ancient wagon.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 干 family reads カン (kan); 軒 is read ケン.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side軒 flats · 干
vs庫 warehouse · 广In ChineseSimplified 轩 · traditional, as in Japanese · xuān
Japan keeps the traditional form 軒; mainland China simplifies it to 轩.
- Simplified
- 轩 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 軒 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xuān 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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