KEN

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Contents

1 Name
2 Geography
3 Persons
4 Characters
5 Weapons
6 Meanings

Name

Ken is a shortened form of Kenneth.
Ken is in Japanese, a shortened name of Kenshiro.
Ken is also perception or understanding, one's range of vision, or sight. This particular term, of Scots origin, tends to be used often in religious circles. When one speaks of a "higher ken" often it is a reference to an omniscient deity or being.

Geography

Ken River

Persons

Ken Kitamura, famous J-Rock guitarist known simply by his stage name "ken". He's Lead Guitarist of L'Arc~en~Ciel as well as Lead Guitarist/Vocals for SONS OF ALL PUSSYS.
Ken Thompson is one of the primary creators of Unix.
Ken Jennings is a well-known contestant on the game show Jeopardy!
Ken Barlow is the only current character on the British soap opera Coronation Street to have also appeared in the very first episode, in 1960.
K E N is the alias for musician/composer/performance artist, Ken Christianson.
Ken Livingstone, often referred to as 'Our Ken', 'Red Ken' or just plain 'Ken' depending on the speaker's political affiliations, is the ex-leader of the now extinct Greater London Council and is now (2006) mayor of London and leader of the Greater London Authority.
Ken Nomura, considered to be one of the most popular characters in the drifting scene, and one of the biggest names in the premier D1 Grand Prix series.
Ken Casey, also known as Lord Kenneth, lives in Austin, Texas, the home of the SXSW festival.
Ken Akamatsu, Japanese manga artist, author of Love Hina and numerous other works with ecchi undertones and characteristics of harem anime.
Ken Hirai, is a J-pop singer. His hit song "Hitomi wo Tojite", "POP STAR" are famous.
Ken Shimura is a famous comedian who is a member of the Drifters.

Characters

Ken is also part of the American Barbie doll collection.
Ken Masters is a character in the Street Fighter series.
Ken is the shortened name of Kenshiro, the hero of Fist of the North Star.
Ken Ichijouji was both a hero and a villain in the second season of the Digimon anime.

Weapons

Ken was a rare type of tanto. This double-bladed weapon was mainly used in Buddhist ritual. The blades had either parallel or double concave edges.

Meanings

Ken means to understand. It is used in various works of fiction, including Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series. It also is used as the form 'understanding' in Ian D. Bush's poem:

Twinkle, twinkle little star
I don't wonder what you are,
For by spectroscopic KEN,
I know that you are hydrogen.
(For an explanation of this poem, see the book Hyperspace, by Michio Kaku, copyright 1995).

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