Kanji Database
English
軒

軒 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

flats, counter for houses, eaves

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケンJHS
Kun (native)
  • のきJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音xuan1
  • 한글heon
  • Hán-ViệtHiên

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
車(くるま)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8ED2

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰車干

Words using this kanji

  • 軒のき（のき）屋根の端で壁などから張り出した部分。eaves, narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
  • 軒並みのきなみ「のきなみ」を参照。row of houses, every house, each house, every door
  • 軒先のきさき「のきさき」を参照。edge of the eaves, house frontage
  • 軒下のきした「のきした」の漢字表記。under the eaves
  • 軒けん（のき）屋根の端で壁などから張り出した部分。counter for buildings (esp. houses), suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
  • 軒昂けんこう気力に満ちている様子。high-spirited, in high spirits
  • 軒数けんすう家屋の数。戸数。number of houses
  • 軒灯けんとう建物の軒先につける明かり。lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house, door light
  • 軒丈のきたけheight from the ground to a building's eaves
  • 軒別けんべつhouse to house
  • 軒輊けんち軽重。優劣。 上下する。乱高下する。high and low, disparity
  • 軒端のきばeaves, edge of the eaves
  • 軒忍のきしのぶweeping fern (Lepisorus thunbergianus)
  • 軒樋のきどいrain gutter, roof gutter, eaves gutter
  • 軒天のきてんeave
  • 軒猿のきざるninja (esp. those serving the Uesugi clan during the Sengoku period)
  • 軒丸瓦のきまるがわらeave-end roof tile (comprising a convex semi-cylindrical tile and a decorative pendant)
  • 軒平瓦のきひらがわらeave-end roof tile (comprising a broadly concave tile and near-rectangular decorative cap)
  • 軒明かりのきあかりeaves lantern
  • 軒を並べるのきをならべるto stand side by side, to stand in a row

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(31 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-3
Four Corner
5104.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7c3.1
Heisig
1781
Nelson
4611