軒

• 読み: のき
• ローマ字: noki
• 漢字の分解: 軒 (noki/ken) — eaves, counter for houses
• 発音: /no.ki/

意味

Eaves; edge of a roof. Also used as a counter for houses and buildings (read as けん).

When read as のき, it means the overhanging edge of a roof that protects walls from rain. The expression 軒先 (nokisaki) refers to the area just under the eaves. As a counter (read けん), it counts houses and shops: 一軒家 (detached house), 三軒隣 (three doors down).

例文

1. 雨が降ってきたので軒の下で待った。
2. この通りには小さい店が何軒もある。
3. 祖父は一軒家に住んでいます。

使い方ガイド

場面: housing, architecture, counting

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 軒 originally meant the protruding part of a roof (eaves). The radical 車 (vehicle) is a phonetic component, while 干 adds to the meaning of something extending outward.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal