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Kanji Detail for 縣 - "prefecture, county"

縣

  • Meaning

    縣 means "prefecture, county."

    1. Prefecture - A regional administrative division.

    2. County - A district; a province.

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    • Verified meaning: prefecture, county
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あがく, あがた, かけ, かた)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 縣

    Surnames 縣(あがく)Listen 縣(あがた)Listen 縣(かけ)Listen 縣(かた)Listen 縣(がた)Listen 縣(けん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    county; district; subdivision

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    county, district, subdivision

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    county

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    county, district, subdivision

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Same as 懸. | A name for a local administrative district. The First Emperor of Qin abolished feudalism. Divided the empire into commanderies and counties. Later generations followed this. One province is divided into several counties.

  • Onyomi

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    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomi

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    ka.keru(か-ける) か-ける

  • Strokes

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    16 strokes

  • Radical

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    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    prefecture county district administrative borough division jurisdiction municipality province region territory

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