県 – prefecture

9 strokesTaught in grade 3#140 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 県 means prefecture. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン (ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か.ける (kakeru). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 目 (no. 109).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	か.ける	kakeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 目 (Kangxi radical 109). Components: 小・目.

Words using 県

県けんprefecture (of Japan)県庁けんちょうprefectural office

Example sentences

チューリップは、私たちの県の県花です。

Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.

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Kanji with the same radical

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