The kanji 軒: meaning, readings and stroke order

軒

Meaning: eaves, counter for houses
On reading: ケン ken
Kun reading: のき noki
Strokes: 10
Radical: 車 cart, car
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mái hiên, căn (nhà) (hiên)
Japanese: のき。いえをかぞえることば。
Korean: 처마, 채 (헌)
Chinese: 屋檐、栋 (轩)

Readings, words and example sentences

ケン ken · on reading

一いっ軒けん
one house, one building
むかいに 一いっ軒けんの家があります。
There is a house across the street.

のき noki · kun reading · less common

軒のき
eaves (edge of a roof)
軒のきから雨がしたたります。
Rain drips from the eaves.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.