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Kanji Detail for 県 - "prefecture"

県

  • Meaning

    県 means "prefecture." Also associated with hang, connect.

    1. Prefecture - A regional administrative division.

    2. Hang - To suspend; to dangle.

  • Words using 県

    • 同県 どうけん Listen the same prefecture; the said prefecture
    • 県警 けんけい Listen prefectural police
    • 県内 けんない Listen within the prefecture
    • 県知事 けんちじ Listen prefectural governor
    • 都道府県 とどうふけん Listen prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
    • 県立 けんりつ Listen prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
    • 県議 けんぎ Listen prefectural assembly member
    • 県民 けんみん Listen resident of a prefecture; citizen of a prefecture

  • Tattoo check: 県

    • Verified meaning: prefecture
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あがた, けん, けんじ)
    • Also carries these associations: hang, connect

    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 県

    Surnames 県(あがた)Listen 県(けん)Listen 県(けんじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    prefecture

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    county, district, subdivision

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 縣|县; Japanese prefecture

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    county, district, subdivision

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka.keru(か-ける) か-ける

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    目 罒 (me・mehen)

  • Related Keywords

    prefecture hang connect suspended instruments province administrative area county dangle district division domain governor jurisdiction local government municipal realm region state territory zone

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