EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)

    see 都道府県

    府県はフランスや日本の行政区域である。
    Prefectures are governmental divisions of France and Japan.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse

On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
170 of 2500
Radical
广 dotted cliff
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

はん

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-3-5SKIP code
3q5.2The Kanji Dictionary
0024.0Four corner code
548deroo
5e9cUnicode hex code
1-41-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1507Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1611New Nelson (John Haig)
3082New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3824Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1960Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2654Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1002Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1077Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
156A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
740Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
260Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9283Morohashi
575A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
504Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
513Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
503sakade
509Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
603henshall3
515Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
168crowley
337Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
587Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1011Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu3Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

prefecture

Kun
か.ける
On
ケン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
140 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

あがたがた

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-6-3, 2-5-4, 3-4-5SKIP code
3n6.3The Kanji Dictionary
2690.1Four corner code
1241deroo
770cUnicode hex code
1-24-09JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1362Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3918New Nelson (John Haig)
2641New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3269Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
513Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
195A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1252Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
381Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23210PMorohashi
273A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
194Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
203sakade
226Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
291henshall3
326Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
336Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
126Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xian4Pinyin reading
hyeonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level