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券

Ticket
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingケン
JōyōGrade 6Level 28

Homonyms

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Same reading (けん)
県 · prefecture (of Japan)件 · matter権 · right (to do something)兼 · and (concurrently剣 · sword (esp. a large, double-edged one)

Popular Usage

回数券

Radicals and components

Radical刀knife刂variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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quarter · sword (刀) · dagger (刀)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1291

Compound words

回数券かいすうけん
coupon tickets; discount tickets; book of tickets
株券かぶけん
stock certificate
債券さいけん
bond; debenture
証券しょうけん
bond; bill; certificate; security
旅券りょけん
passport
馬券ばけん
betting ticket; betting slip
航空券こうくうけん
airline ticket; plane ticket; air ticket
商品券しょうひんけん
gift certificate
乗車券じょうしゃけん
ticket (for bus, train, etc.); passenger ticket; basic fare ticket (not valid on limited express trains without a supplemental express ticket)
定期券ていきけん
commuter pass; season ticket
入場券にゅうじょうけん
admission ticket; entrance ticket; platform ticket; ticket allowing a non-traveller access to a railway station platform
旅行券りょこうけん
travel voucher; travel coupon
有価証券ゆうかしょうけん
marketable securities; stocks and bonds
前売り券まえうりけん
ticket sold in advance; advance ticket
格安航空券かくやすこうくうけん
discount airline ticket
東京証券取引所とうきょうしょうけんとりひきじょ
Tokyo Stock Exchange; TSE
金券きんけん
gold certificate
估券こけん
dignity
沽券うりけん
certificate of sale
證券しょうけん
bond
会員券かいいんけん
membership card
割引券わりびきけん
discount coupon
急行券きゅうこうけん
express ticket
庄屋券しょうやけん
menko

Additional Examples

当日券はありますか。
Do you have today's tickets?tatoeba
東京証券取引所は後場の終わり値になって持ち直しました。
The Tokyo Stock Exchange rallied at the end of the day.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Ticket, voucher. 𠔉 (hands) + 刀 (knife) — a tally cut in two: one half is yours.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 券

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step