Jiten

縣 Kanji meaning "county, district, subdivision"

Jiten frequency #3984Jinmeiyou (variant)Kanken Level 1 / 準1TMW Immortal Idol16 strokes

Meanings

county, district, subdivision

On'yomi

ケン

Kun'yomi

か.ける

Composed of

Radical: 糸 (thread), inside 系

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Kanji containing 縣(2)

Reading usage

縣(けん)prefecture (of Japan)#134196山(やま)口(ぐち)縣(けん)Yamaguchi Prefecture (Chūgoku area)#302906奈(な)良(ら)縣(けん)Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)#310783山(やま)梨(なし)縣(けん)Yamanashi Prefecture (Chūbu area)#334033千(ち)葉(ば)縣(けん)Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)#334033滋(し)賀(が)縣(けん)Shiga Prefecture (Kinki area)#344162島(しま)根(ね)縣(けん)Shimane Prefecture (Chūgoku area)#344162福(ふく)岡(おか)縣(けん)Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyūshū)#368854兵(ひょう)庫(ご)縣(けん)Hyōgo Prefecture (Kinki area)#368854三(み)重(え)縣(けん)Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)#371210

Most common words using this kanji

山縣(やまあがた)Sanken#130972縣(けん)prefecture (of Japan)#134196山縣有朋(やまがたありとも)Yamagata Aritomo (1838.6.14-1922.2.1)#211641山(やま)口(ぐち)縣(けん)Yamaguchi Prefecture (Chūgoku area)#302906奈(な)良(ら)縣(けん)Nara Prefecture (Kinki area)#310783小縣(おがた)Ogata#310920千(ち)葉(ば)縣(けん)Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)#334033山(やま)梨(なし)縣(けん)Yamanashi Prefecture (Chūbu area)#334033島(しま)根(ね)縣(けん)Shimane Prefecture (Chūgoku area)#344162滋(し)賀(が)縣(けん)Shiga Prefecture (Kinki area)#344162兵(ひょう)庫(ご)縣(けん)Hyōgo Prefecture (Kinki area)#368854福(ふく)岡(おか)縣(けん)Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyūshū)#368854三(み)重(え)縣(けん)Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)#371210長(なが)野(の)縣(けん)Nagano Prefecture (Chūbu area)#373090和(わ)歌(か)山(やま)縣(けん)Wakayama Prefecture (Kinki area)#373090岐(ぎ)阜(ふ)縣(けん)Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)#373090鹿(か)兒(ご)島(しま)縣(けん)Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)#373090岡(おか)山(やま)縣(けん)Okayama Prefecture (Chūgoku area)#376109神奈川縣(かながわけん)Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)#376109縣(あがた)territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.)#376109