けん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
Kanji used
prefecture
Pitch accent
Top 8100
Used in vocabulary (98 in total)
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
Examples (6 in total)
Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.
The geographical features here are similar to those of our prefecture.