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Kanji Detail for 券 - "ticket, certificate, bond"

券

  • Meaning

    券 means "ticket, certificate, bond."

    1. Ticket - A document permitting entry or service.

    2. Certificate - An official document; a voucher.

    3. Bond - A financial certificate; a promissory note.

  • Words using 券

    • 債券 さいけん Listen bond; debenture
    • 有価証券 ゆうかしょうけん Listen marketable securities; stocks and bonds
    • 東京証券取引所 とうきょうしょうけんとりひきじょ Listen Tokyo Stock Exchange; TSE
    • 株券 かぶけん Listen stock certificate
    • 旅券 りょけん Listen passport
    • 入場券 にゅうじょうけん Listen admission ticket; entrance ticket; platform ticket
    • 馬券 ばけん Listen betting ticket; betting slip
    • 定期券 ていきけん Listen commuter pass; season ticket

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    • Verified meaning: ticket, certificate, bond
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ticket

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    certificate, ticket; title deeds

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract; deed (i.e. title deeds); ticket; voucher; certificate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bond, certificate, deed; ticket; contract

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A contract. Like today's agreement. Each party keeps half as proof of trust. | Any written proof of trust, even if not divided in half, is generally called 券. | A 券 is proof for obtaining goods. Hence being certain of success is called 操券, meaning like holding a contract that will certainly get the goods.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

  • Related Keywords

    ticket certificate bond coupon receipt voucher admission authorization chit credential document entry license note official paper pass permit promissory security token warrant

Sentences including 券

  • Can you show me your boarding pass?

More kanji with the radical 刀 刂 (katana・ritto)

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