Meaning of 兼(けん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 兼

Kana Reading けん

Romaji ken

Parts of speech

conjunction, noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

and; in addition; concurrently

Examples of 兼, けん in a sentence

編集者兼出版社である人は私のいとこです。

The editor and publisher is my cousin.
彼は小説家兼画家である。

He is a novelist and artist.
この雑誌の編集者兼出版社が一部の読者から批判された。

The editor and publisher of this magazine was criticized by some readers.

Related Kanji

兼 JLPT 1

10 strokes

concurrently, and

On'Yomi: ケン

Kun'Yomi: か.ねる, -か.ねる

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