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県

Prefecture
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingケン
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3Level 9

Meanings

  1. prefectureRtK
  1. prefecture (of Japan)
  2. county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.)
  3. department (of France)
  4. province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

Homonyms

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Same reading (けん)
券 · ticket件 · matter権 · right (to do something)兼 · and (concurrently剣 · sword (esp. a large, double-edged one)

Popular Usage

県庁

Radicals and components

Radical目eye
Components
How it's built
県
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

eye (目) · fishhook · small (小) · little (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 552

Compound words

県庁けんちょう
prefectural office
県営けんえい
(under) prefectural management
県下けんか
in the prefecture; prefectural
県会けんかい
prefectural assembly
県議けんぎ
prefectural assembly member
県警けんけい
prefectural police
県道けんどう
prefectural road
県内けんない
within the prefecture
県民けんみん
resident of a prefecture; citizen of a prefecture
県立けんりつ
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
同県どうけん
the same prefecture; the said prefecture
府県ふけん
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
県外けんがい
outside the prefecture
県知事けんちじ
prefectural governor
都道府県とどうふけん
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
各県かくけん
each prefecture
郡県ぐんけん
counties and prefectures
愛知県あいちけん
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
愛媛県えひめけん
Ehime Prefecture (Shikoku)
茨城県いばらきけん
Ibaraki prefecture
岡山県おかやまけん
Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
沖縄県おきなわけん
Okinawa Prefecture
沖繩県おきなわけん
Okinawa Prefecture
岩手県いわてけん
Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku area)

On Reading Examples

台風の被害は数県にまたがっていた。けん
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.tatoeba
私はきっと彼と気が合うと思います。私たちは同じ県の出身だから。けん
I am sure I'll get along with him because we are from the same prefecture.tatoeba
チューリップは、私たちの県の県花です。けん
Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.tatoeba
ここの地理的特徴は私達の県のそれと似ている。けん
The geographical features here are similar to those of our prefecture.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は長野県のある小さな町の出身です。
He is from some small town in Nagano.tatoeba
台風の被害は数県にまたがっていた。
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.tatoeba
青森県の経済はリンゴの栽培に大きく依存している。
The economy of Aomori Prefecture depends heavily on apple growing.tatoeba
私は兵庫県に住んでいる。
I live in Hyogo.tatoeba
都道府県庁所在地は大津市。
The capital of the prefecture is located in Otsu City.wiki
同時に高知県庁へ抗議文を提出。
At the same time, she submitted a protest documentto Kochi Prefecture.wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Prefecture. 目 + 小 — an upside-down head hanging from a cord: an old sign for a subordinate district.

Practice Writing

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