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Ticket Half Quarters Dagger 券 ケン 旅券(りょけん Passport

Kanji
Onyomi ケン
English ticket
Examples 旅券(りょけん): passport
券(けん): ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
定期券(ていきけん): commuter pass; season ticket
回数券(かいすうけん): book of tickets
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 5
Frequency 583
Components 𠔉: None
刀: sword; saber; knife
Number of Strokes 8
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 18
Radical Strokes 2
Radical Reading かたな・りっとう
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword ticket
Koohii Story 1 Entering the movie, the dude asks for your ticket, so he can tear it in half. He looks at you funny when you hand him a ticket already torn in half. He quietly tears the stub into quarters after you show him your dagger with a smile.
Koohii Story 2 In Japan, the JR railway ju-hachi-kippu seasonal discount ticket can be cut into quarters with a dagger and shared with your friends. (its actually sort-of true).

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade5, kanjifreq501-750

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