Word

県

けん
CommonJLPT N3

Meanings

  1. Noun

    prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

In Spanish

  1. prefectura (de Japón)

  2. condado (de China)

Other forms
縣

Kanji in this word

Example sentences

  • チューリップは、私わたしたちの県けんの県花けんかです。

    Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.

    Tatoeba #202943(opens in a new tab)
  • まだ解決かいけつしていないのか?県けんと国くにのどちらが責任せきにん?

    Hasn't it been solved yet? Whose responsibility is it, the prefecture's or the country's?

    Tatoeba #74900(opens in a new tab)

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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