県 Kanji – prefecture
The Japanese kanji 県 can mean prefecture.
Meaning and Readings
How is 県 read?
県 has the onyomi reading ケン and the kunyomi reading かける.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ken, kakeru.
Common Japanese Words Using 県
These common Japanese words contain 県. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 県（けん） — prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
- 県営（けんえい） — (under) prefectural management
- 県下（けんか） — in the prefecture, prefectural
- 県会（けんかい） — prefectural assembly
- 県議（けんぎ） — prefectural assembly member
- 県警（けんけい） — prefectural police
- 県知事（けんちじ） — prefectural governor
- 県庁（けんちょう） — prefectural office
- 県道（けんどう） — prefectural road
- 県内（けんない） — within the prefecture