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県

N2

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • prefecture

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ケン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • か.ける
Strokes
9
JLPT Level
N2
Frequency
#59
School Grade
Grade 3
Radical
目#109 · eye

Components

Common Words

  • 県けんNoun
    prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France)
  • 同県どうけんNoun
    the same prefecture
  • 県警けんけいNoun
    prefectural police
  • 県内けんないno-adjective
    within the prefecture
  • 県知事けんちじNoun
    prefectural governor
  • 都道府県とどうふけんNoun
    prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 県立けんりつno-adjective
    prefectural, managed by a prefectural government
  • 県議けんぎNoun
    prefectural assembly member

Practice in Kanjiru

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