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券 = 龹 + 刀

券 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ticket”. It is built from 龹 (quarter) and 刀 (sword). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1291.

Keyword
ticket
RTK frame
1291
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
билет
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
券 certificate

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 龹 quarter
  2. 刀 sword

How to find 券 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “quarter” + “sword”. 券 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 券 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.