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JLPT N28画 · 8 strokesradical

prefecture, county

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ケン
  • エン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • なく.なる

Meanings across languages

English
prefecture, county
Tiếng Việt
tỉnh, huyện
日本語
県, 県庁

Common compounds

  • 県庁けんちょうprefectural office
  • 県民けんみんprefectural residents
  • 県外けんがいoutside the prefecture
  • 県警けんけいprefectural police

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