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Keyword
prefecture [old]
Info
Frequency
Very rare
Type
Jinmeiyō
?
Kyūjitai
?
Kanken
Level 1
Modern form
県
Readings
けん
(70%)
あがた
(30%)
Composed of
県
prefecture
系
lineage
Used in kanji (2 in total)
懸
hang (figuratively)
纛
???
Used in vocabulary (44 in total)
縣
けん
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
縣
あがた
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.);
(arch.)
countryside
埼
さい
玉
たま
縣
けん
Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
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