県 — kanji meaning “prefecture”
県
prefecture
- Meanings
- prefecture
- On'yomi
- ケン (ken)
- Kun'yomi
- か.ける
- Name readings
- あがた、がた
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #140 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 109
- Chinese reading
- xiàn — Chinese character page
Words with 県
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 県立 | けんりつ kenritsu | prefectural; managed by a prefectural government |
| 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 |
| 県知事 | けんちじ kenchiji | prefectural governor |
| 県議 | けんぎ kengi | prefectural assembly member |
| 県道 | けんどう kendou | prefectural road |
| 府県 | ふけん fuken | prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido) |
| 県営 | けんえい ken'ei | (under) prefectural management |
| 県下 | けんか kenka | in the prefecture; prefectural |
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