Kanji
県
N2
9 strokes
Grade 3
freq #140
prefecture
On'yomi (音読み)
ケン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
か.ける
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
県警
けんけい
prefectural police
同県
どうけん
the same prefecture
県知事
けんちじ
prefectural governor
県内
けんない
within the prefecture
都道府県
とどうふけん
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
県議
けんぎ
prefectural assembly member
県立
けんりつ
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
県民
けんみん
resident of a prefecture; citizen of a prefecture
県庁
けんちょう
prefectural office
府県
ふけん
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
Example sentences
台風(たいふう)の被害(ひがい)は数(かず)県(けん)にまたがっていた。
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.
私(わたし)はきっと彼(かれ)と気(き)が合(あ)うと思(おも)います。私(わたし)たちは同(おな)じ県(けん)の出身(しゅっしん)だから。
I am sure I'll get along with him because we are from the same prefecture.