県

See also: 縣, 县, and 呉

Translingual

Traditional	縣
Shinjitai	県
Simplified	县

Han character

県 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山女火 (BUVF), composition ⿱⿺𠃊目小)

Derived characters

• 縣

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 803, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23210
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2478, character 4
• Unihan data for U+770C

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Japanese

Shinjitai	県
Kyūjitai	縣

Kanji

県

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 縣)

Readings

• Go-on: げん (gen)^{←げん (gen, historical)←ぐゑん (gwen, ancient)}; きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: けん (ken, Jōyō)^{←けん (ken, historical)←くゑん (kwen, ancient)}; きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kun: かける (kakeru, 県ける); かかる (kakaru, 県かる); あがた (agata, 県)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
県
あがた Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
縣 (kyūjitai)

Noun

県(あがた) • (agata) 

1. (historical) An administrative district in Japan
2. the countryside

Proper noun

県(あがた) or 県(proper) • (agata or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|あかた]]

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
県
けん Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spelling
縣 (kyūjitai)

Noun

県(けん) • (ken) 

1. a type of administrative district, including 43 of the 47 prefectures of modern Japan, Chinese counties, French departments, etc.

Derived terms

• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん) (todōfuken, “political subdivisions of Japan”)

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Korean

Hanja

県 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)

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