県

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See also: 縣, 县, and 呉
県 U+770C, 県
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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

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

Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 県 – see 縣.
(This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified and variant form of 縣).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

県

Kyūjitai

縣

Kanji

県

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

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
県
けん
Grade: 3
kan'on
Alternative spelling
縣 (kyūjitai)

Noun

県(けん) • (ken) ←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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
県
あがた
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
縣 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 県 – see the following entry.
【あがた】
(historical) agata
(literary) countryside
(historical) a provincial governorship; a provincial governor
県, 縣, 懸, あがた: a surname
Alternative spellings
縣, 懸
(This term, 県, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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