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県

prefecture
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingケン
Kun readingか.ける
JōyōGrade 3
  1. prefecture (of Japan)
  2. county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.)
  3. department (of France)
  4. province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

Popular Usage

県庁

Radicals and components

Radical目eyeComponents

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

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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