券

• 読み: けん
• ローマ字: ken
• 漢字の分解: 券 (ken) — ticket, certificate
• 発音: /ke.n/

意味

Ticket; certificate; coupon. A slip of paper granting entry or validating a transaction.

A noun and suffix used extensively in daily Japanese life. Appears in many compounds: 乗車券 (joushaken, boarding pass), 入場券 (nyuujouken, admission ticket), 食券 (shokken, meal ticket), 商品券 (shouhinken, gift certificate). As a suffix, it attaches to nouns to indicate a type of ticket or voucher.

例文

1. 映画の前売り券をネットで買った。
2. 食堂で食券を買ってからカウンターに出す。
3. 旅行に使える商品券をもらった。

使い方ガイド

場面: transportation, dining, events

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 券 originally depicted a bamboo strip used as a contract or certificate in ancient China. The knife radical (刀) at the bottom suggests cutting or dividing, relating to the practice of splitting contracts between parties.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal