Keyword
prefecture
- Frequency
- #140
- Strokes
- 9
- Grade
- 3
- JLPT (old)
- N3
- Heisig
- 552
Readings
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Mnemonic
An eye peers at a picture frame in which a small map hangs, and the curious tourist points out his prefecture.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
県
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
Noun
都道府県
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
Noun
県
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); countryside
Noun