Kanji1 / 9
県 kanji
prefecture
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ケン
Kun readings
かける
Variant forms
縣Words with 県
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3県Popularprefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
- N2県庁Popularprefectural office
- —県営Popular(under) prefectural management
- —県下Popularin the prefecture; prefectural
- —県会Popularprefectural assembly
- —県議Popularprefectural assembly member
- —県警Popularprefectural police
- —県道Popularprefectural road
- —県内Popularwithin the prefecture
- —県民Popularresident of a prefecture; citizen of a prefecture
- —県立Popularprefectural; managed by a prefectural government
- —同県Popularthe same prefecture; the said prefecture
- —府県Popularprefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
- —県外Popularoutside the prefecture
- —県知事Popularprefectural governor
- —都道府県Popularprefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
- —各県each prefecture
- —近県neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
- —郡県counties and prefectures
- —他県another prefecture; other prefectures