Chinese symbol for “county”
县
xiàn
Traditional: 縣
county; (Japan) prefecture
The closest CC-CEDICT match for county is 县 (xiàn), defined as: county; (Japan) prefecture.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “county”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 县.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 县委 (縣委) | xiàn wěi | CCP county committee |
| 县城 (縣城) | xiàn chéng | county seat; county town |
| 县长 (縣長) | xiàn zhǎng | county's head commissioner |
| 县级 (縣級) | xiàn jí | county level |
| 自治县 (自治縣) | zì zhì xiàn | autonomous county |
| 县政府 (縣政府) | xiàn zhèng fǔ | county administration; county regional government |
See also: Japanese symbol for “county”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.