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county

Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingケン

Kun readingか.ける

Grade 10KANJIDIC

Meanings

county
district
subdivision

prefecture (of Japan)
county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.)
department (of France)
province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

Radicals and components

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Components

How it's built

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Compound words

愛知縣あいちけん

Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)

愛媛縣えひめけん

Ehime Prefecture (Shikoku)

岡山縣おかやまけん

Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)

沖繩縣おきなわけん

Okinawa Prefecture

岩手縣いわてけん

Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku area)

岐阜縣ぎふけん

Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)

宮崎縣みやざきけん

Miyazaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)

宮城縣みやぎけん

Miyagi Prefecture (Tōhoku area)

熊本縣くまもとけん

Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)

群馬縣ぐんまけん

Gunma Prefecture (Kanto area)

香川縣かがわけん

Kagawa Prefecture (Shikoku)

佐賀縣さがけん

Saga Prefecture

埼玉縣さいたまけん

Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)

山梨縣やまなしけん

Yamanashi Prefecture (Chūbu area)

滋賀縣しがけん

Shiga Prefecture (Kinki area)

秋田縣あきたけん

Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)

新潟縣にいがたけん

Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)

青森縣あおもりけん

Aomori Prefecture (Tōhoku area)

長崎縣ながさきけん

Nagasaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)

栃木縣とちぎけん

Tochigi Prefecture (Kanto area)

奈良縣ならけん

Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)

福岡縣ふくおかけん

Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyūshū)

廣島縣ひろしまけん

Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)

靜岡縣しずおかけん

Shizuoka Prefecture (Chūbu area)

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

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