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県
けん
N3
suffix
Meanings
1
prefecture
2
prefecture (of Japan)
3
county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.)
4
department (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
Prefecture
9 strokes
More words with
県
県立
けんりつ ·
prefectural
同県
どうけん ·
the same prefecture
県警
けんけい ·
prefectural police
都道府県
とどうふけん ·
prefectures (of Japan)
県内
けんない ·
within the prefecture
県知事
けんちじ ·
prefectural governor
Full entry on Jisho
県議
けんぎ ·
prefectural assembly member
県庁
けんちょう ·
prefectural office
N2
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