軒

けん

Meanings

1. Suffix, Counter counter for buildings (esp. houses)
2. Suffix suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

Kanji

• 軒 eaves. Read as ケン.

Example sentences

• 丘の上に１軒の大きな家があります。
  There is a large house on the hill.
• 丘の上に１軒の家があります。
  There is a house on the hill.
• 家が数軒その大洪水で流された。
  Several houses were carried away by the great flood.
• 何軒かの別荘が洪水で孤立した。
  Several cottages have been isolated by the flood water.
• 医者は午後６軒往診した。
  The doctor made six house calls in the afternoon.

Words containing 軒

• 一軒家 (いっけんや) detached house
• 軒数 (けんすう) number of houses
• 意気軒昂 (いきけんこう) in high spirits

And 11 more.

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