県 — prefecture

県 means “prefecture”. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 9 strokes. On'yomi: ケン (ken). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 県 (ken, “prefecture”).

県

How to remember 県

An eye (目) on a small (小) stand, keeping watch over the land: the prefecture.

Parts: 目 eye · 小 small

Words with 県

More in the “Towns & places” set

• 町
• 村
• 市
• 区
• 県
• 都
• 京
• 世
• 界

Practise 県 free