Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: prefecture
Kunyomi: か.ける
Onyomi: ケン
Composition: 目 小
Radical: 目
Reading: め
Meaning: eye
Strokes: 5
県(けん) prefecture
県庁(けんちょう) prefectural office
県民(けんみん) citizens of a prefecture
県立(けんりつ) prefecturally run
県道(けんどう) prefectural road
県知事(けんちじ) prefectural governor
広島県(ひろしまけん) Hiroshima prefecture
県 (ケン) prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
県営 (ケンエイ) (under) prefectural management
都道府県 (トドウフケン) prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
同県 (ドウケン) the same prefecture, the said prefecture