Keyword
prefecture
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig552
Old form
Readings
けん
(98%)
Composed of
eye
picture frame
small
Used in kanji (1 in total)
prefecture [old]
Used in vocabulary (137 in total)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
within the prefecture
Examples (59 in total)
This river forms the boundary between the two prefectures.
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.
There are 43 prefectures in Japan.