県

See also: 縣, 县, and 呉

県	U+770C, 県 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-770C

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[U+770B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

眍 →
[U+770D]

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/𬗫𭤣𪃷

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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	県
Kyūjitai	縣

Kanji

県

(grade 3 “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
けん Grade: 3
kan’on

Alternative spelling
縣 (kyūjitai)

Noun

県(けん) • (ken) ^{←けん (ken)^?}

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”)

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】

[noun] [from 720] (historical) agata

[noun] [from 759] (literary) countryside

[noun] [from early 900s] (historical) a provincial governorship; a provincial governor

[proper noun] 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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