Keyword
prefecture
Info
FrequencyTop 1800-1900
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig552
Old form縣
Readings
けん
(98%)
Composed of
eye
picture frame
small
Used in kanji (1 in total)
prefecture [old]
Used in vocabulary (292 in total)
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)
Examples (59 in total)
This river forms the boundary between the two prefectures.
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.
There are 43 prefectures in Japan.