軒 means “eaves, house counter”

けん · ken

Also: flats, counter for houses

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

のき

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ケン

JLPT N2 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

A cart (車) parked under the overhang where laundry hangs out to dry (干): 軒 is the eaves of a house. It also counts houses and shops: a 一軒家 is a house of its own, and Tokyo's 三軒茶屋 is named for three old teahouses.

Used in 一軒家 (ikkenya, detached house), 軒並み (nokinami, row of houses/across the board), and 軒下 (nokishita, under the eaves)

More from Counts & Comparisons

• 各 each
• 比 compare
• 個 individual
• 幅 width
• 般 general
• 諸 various
• 均 level
• 億 hundred million
• 普 ordinary
• 枚 sheet
• 秒 second (of time)
• 双 pair

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