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県

Kanji 県: meaning "prefecture", readings, stroke order

The kanji 県 means "prefecture". On'yomi: ケン; kun'yomi: —. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
prefecture
On'yomi
ケン
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
9
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
縣 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 県

  • 県 けん — prefecture
  • 県庁 けんちょう — prefectural office

Stroke order · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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