Kanji With the Onyomi ケン
ケン is an onyomi reading used by 19 kanji in this dictionary.
In romaji, ケン is written as ken.
Onyomi readings are commonly encountered in compound Japanese words. Select a kanji below to explore its meaning, kunyomi readings, romaji, and related vocabulary.
Kanji Read as ケン
- 見see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
- 間interval, space
- 県prefecture
- 権authority, power, rights
- 件affair, case, matter, item
- 検examination, investigate
- 建build
- 研polish, study of, sharpen
- 験verification, effect, testing
- 憲constitution, law
- 健healthy, health, strength, persistence
- 券ticket
- 献offering, counter for drinks, present, offer
- 遣dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake
- 険precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes
- 欠lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
- 懸state of suspension, hang, depend, consult, distant, far apart
- 巻scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)
- 簡simplicity, brevity