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県 (けん): prefecture — Japanese vocabulary

県 is read けん and means "prefecture". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

県

Reading
けん · ken
Translation
prefecture
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
けんが

Example

チューリップは、私たちの県の県花です。

チューリップは、わたしたちのけんのけんかです。

Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.

Kanji in this word

  • 県 — prefecture

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