Vita:券

Parts

• 券 1206 ticket
  • ？ * quarter
    • 半 1202 half
    • ⊕ * something added
  • 刀 83 dagger (sword)

I had two stories for this as well. In the first, the ticketman uses a dagger to cut off a quarter of your ticket, thus marking your entry to the plane / train / movie / whatever.

KANJIDIC Entry

• 券 3774 U5238 B18 G5 S8 F583 N678 V473 H2630 DK1681 L1206 K584 DO747 MN1966X MP2.0258 E661 IN506 DS768 DH688 DT681 DJ714 DG182 P2-6-2 I2f6.10 Q9022.7 DR1045 ZPP4-8-4 Yquan4 Yxuan4 Wgweon ケン {ticket}

EDICT Entries

• 回数券 [かいすうけん] / (n) book of tickets / (P) /
• 株券 [かぶけん] / (n) stock certificate / (P) /
• 券 [けん] / (n,n-suf) ticket / coupon / bond / certificate / (P) /
• 航空券 [こうくうけん] / (n) air ticket / (P) /
• 債券 [さいけん] / (n) bond / debenture / (P) /
• 商品券 [しょうひんけん] / (n) gift certificate / (P) /
• 証券 [しょうけん] / (n) securities / bonds / certificates / (P) /
• 乗車券 [じょうしゃけん] / (n) passenger ticket / (P) /
• 前売り券 [まえうりけん] / (n) ticket sold in advance / (P) /
• 定期券 [ていきけん] / (n) commuter pass / season ticket / (P) /
• 東京証券取引所 [とうきょうしょうけんとりひきじょ] / (n) Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) / (P) /
• 入場券 [にゅうじょうけん] / (n) ticket of admission / platform ticket / (P) /
• 馬券 [ばけん] / (n) (horse racing) betting ticket / (P) /
• 有価証券 [ゆうかしょうけん] / (n) marketable securities / stocks and bonds / (P) /
• 旅券 [りょけん] / (n) passport / (P) /

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Meta

1. Frequency: 1481 out of 9933.

Decomposition

Once

• 券 => 龹, 刀

Radical

• 券 => 二 (two) , 丨 (line) , 丷 (eight/divide) , 八 (eight/divide) , 刀 (knife)

Graphical

• 券 => 二,丨,丷,八,㇆,丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. quan4 - bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)/contract/deed (i.e. title deeds)/ticket/voucher/certificate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 券 (quan4): The component 龹 is pronounced as 'juan3'.

Example Words

High Frequency

• 优惠券 (優惠券)
• 证券 (證券)

Medium Frequency

• 债券 (債券)
• 入场券 (入場券)
• 券
• 券商
• 抵用券
• 奖券 (獎券)
• 购物券 (購物券)