県

Meanings: prefecture

On Readings: ケン ken

Kun Readings:

Most Used Pronunciation: ken
JLPT Level: 3 (see all JLPT 3 kanji)

Grade: 3

Kanji Part: 目

Stroke Number: 9

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Common jukugo
石川県 - いし　かわ　けん ishi kawa ken - Ishikawa Prefecture (mid Japan)
青森県 - あお　もり　けん ao mori ken - Aomori Prefecture (northern Japan)
福井県 - ふく　い　けん fuku i ken - Fukui Prefecture
県庁 - けん　ちょう ken chou - prefectural head office
県立 - けん　りつ ken ritsu - prefectural ~ (built by the prefecture)
愛知県 - あい　ち　けん ai chi ken - Aichi prefecture (in Japan)
香川県 - か　がわ　けん ka gawa ken - Kagawa Prefecture

Useful Examples
Japanese: 昨日千葉県に降雹があった。
Romaji: kinou Chiba ken ni kou hyou ga atta.
Literal: yesterday Chiba prefecture in hailstrorm was
English: Yesterday there was a hailstorm in Chiba Prefecture.

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Notes/Mnemonic
Everyone keeps their EYE (目) on their PREFECTURE

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.