Japanese symbol for “prefectural”
県立
けんりつ
Romaji: kenritsu
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
In Japanese, prefectural is 県立, read けんりつ (kenritsu).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “prefectural”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 府立 | ふりつ furitsu | prefectural; managed by an urban prefecture (Osaka or Kyoto) |
| 県下 | けんか kenka | in the prefecture; prefectural |
| 道立 | どうりつ douritsu | (Hokkaido) prefectural; managed by the Hokkaido prefectural government |
| 県有 | けんゆう ken'yuu | owned by the prefecture; prefectural |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 県内 | けんない kennai | within the prefecture |
| 県庁 | けんちょう kenchou | prefectural office |
| 県民 | けんみん kenmin | resident of a prefecture; citizen of a prefecture |
| 都道府県 | とどうふけん todoufuken | prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures |
| 県警 | けんけい kenkei | prefectural police |
| 立場 | たちば tachiba | position; situation |
| 独立 | どくりつ dokuritsu | independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself |
| 成立 | せいりつ seiritsu | formation; establishment; materialization |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.