都道府県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
都	道	府	県
と Grade: 3	どう Grade: 2	ふ Grade: 4	けん Grade: 3
kan'on	goon		kan'on

Alternative spelling
都道府縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From the names of the 4 kinds of prefectures:

• Tokyo is suffixed with 都 (to, “capital city”)
• Hokkaido is the only known 道 (dō, “circuit”)
• Kyoto and Osaka are suffixed with 府 (fu, literally “subdivision”)
• The remaining 43 prefectures are suffixed with 県 (-ken, literally “county”)

Noun

1. (geography) the political subdivisions of Japan

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)議(ぎ)会(かい) (Todōfuken Gikai)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)組(くみ)合(あい) (Todōfuken Kumiai)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)警(けい)察(さつ) (Todōfuken Keisatsu)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)公(こう)安(あん)委(い)員(いん)会(かい) (Todōfuken Kōan Īnkai)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)条(じょう)例(れい) (Todōfuken Jōrei)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)税(ぜい) (Todōfuken-zei)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)地(ち)域(いき)防(ぼう)災(さい)計(けい)画(かく) (Todōfuken Chīki Bōsai Keikaku)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)知(ち)事(じ) (Todōfuken Chiji)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)庁(ちょう)所(しょ)在(ざい)地(ち) (Todōfukenchō-sho zaichi)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)道(どう) (Todōfuken-dō)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)防(ぼう)災(さい)会(かい)議(ぎ) (Todōfuken Bōsai Kaigi)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)自(し)然(ぜん)環(かん)境(きょう)保(ほ)全(ぜん)地(ち)域(いき) (Todōfuken Shizen Kankyō Hozen Chīki)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)労(ろう)働(どう)委(い)員(いん)会(かい) (Todōfuken Rōdō Īnkai)
• 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)労(ろう)働(どう)局(きょく) (Todōfuken Rōdō-kyoku)

See also

• 道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん) (dōfuken)
• 府(ふ)県(けん) (fuken)