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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.

  • 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.
  • Onyomitip

    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomitip

    ka.keru(か-ける) か-ける

  • Strokestip

    16 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords
    prefecture county district administrative borough division jurisdiction municipality province region territory
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