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: 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 (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (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
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: 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 (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (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