けん

See also: げん

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of けん – see the following entries.

【兼】S [conjunction] -cum-, concurrently, and; in addition [noun] doing two or more things at the same time [noun] holding two or more government offices at the same time [proper noun] a male given name

【件】5 [noun] case [noun] matter [noun] subject [noun] (informal, always modified with a verb phrase) incident; happening

【軒】S [counter] counter for buildings like houses

【剣】S [noun] a sword, especially one with a double-edged blade [noun] swordsmanship [noun] a bayonet [noun] (entomology) a stinger [noun] (entomology) an ovipositor [noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”), with varying designs of double-edged blades [proper noun] a male given name Alternative spellings 劔, 劒

【県】3 [noun] a type of administrative district, including 43 of the 47 prefectures of modern Japan, Chinese counties, French departments, etc.

【腱】H [noun] (anatomy) a tendon

【健】4 [proper noun] a male given name

【堅】S [proper noun] a male given name

【建】4 [proper noun] a male given name

【権】6 [suffix] right to do something, authority

【券】6 [noun] ticket, certificate [noun] bond, coupon [suffix] ticket, certificate

【圏】S [noun] a bounded area, a sphere, a region [noun] (mathematics) category

(This term, けん (ken), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as けん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as けん.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 間.)

Etymology 2

Particle

けん • (ken) 

1. (Chūgoku, Shikoku, Kyūshū) because
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     じゃが今(いま)は内(ない)地(ち)も不(ふ)景(けい)気(き)でがして、屑(くず)屋(や)も駄(だ)目(め)じゃけん、内地(ないち)さ行(い)くなああきらめるがええ

     Jaga ima wa naichi mo fukeiki de gashite, kuzuya mo dame ja ken, naichi sa iku nā akirameru ga ē

     However the mainland economy is also in a recession now and waste collection business does not pay, so you should give up to go to the mainland.

Suffix

けん • (-ken) 

1. (Classical Japanese) Alternative form of けむ (kemu)