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県

けん

suffix

Meanings

1prefecture
2prefecture (of Japan)
3county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.)
4department (of France)

Example sentence

台風の被害は数県にまたがっていた。

The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.

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Kanji in this word

県Prefecture9 strokes

More words with 県

県庁けんちょう · prefectural officeN2 県営けんえい · (under) prefectural management 県下けんか · in the prefecture 県議けんぎ · prefectural assembly member 県警けんけい · prefectural police 県知事

Full entry on Jisho

けんちじ ·

prefectural governor

県道けんどう · prefectural road

県内けんない · within the prefecture

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