The kanji 県: meaning, readings and stroke order
県
- Meaning
- prefecture
- On reading
- ケン ken
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 目 eye
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
- Old form
- 縣
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tỉnh (Nhật) (huyện)
- Japanese
- にほんの けん。ちいきの くぎり。
- Korean
- 현 (일본의 지역) (현)
- Chinese
- 县(日本的行政区) (县)
Readings, words and example sentences
ケン ken · on reading
県立
run by the prefecture
ここは 県立の 病院です。
This is a hospital run by the prefecture.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.