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县
🇨🇳
県
🇯🇵

county

HSK 10 N3
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xiàn
ケン
か.ける
현
Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend", now written as 懸. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
Traditional (縣)
首 heads+ 木 tree+ 系 lineage =
縣 county
首 Iconic component
shǒu heads
head
Depicts a severed head.
木 Iconic component
mù tree
系 Iconic component
xì lineage
system
Depicts a rope.
Japanese (県)
𠃊 hidden area+ 目 eye =
県 county
𠃊
𠃊
hidden area
目
目
eye
Notes
Similar Characters
县 district (simp)頁 page (trad)页 page (simp)艏 bow of a ship道 way馗 path馘 cut off left ear乘 hitch a ride休 rest呆 dim-witted喿 chirping of birds宋 song尌 standing尞 burnt offering巢 nest新 new本 book朱 vermillion杏 apricot析 analyze
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
県
Regular
Modern
Chinese
县 / 縣 [xiàn]
county
Japanese
県 、 縣 (old) けん 同音
nounn-suf prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
県 、 縣 (old) あがた 同音

noun

  1. historical territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.)
  2. archaic countryside
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
チューリップは、私たちの県の県花です。
Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.
Japanese Names
県 あがた
Agata place namesurname
県 けん
Ken surname
県 けんじ
Kenji unclassified name
縣 あがく
Agaku surname
縣 あがた
Agata surname
縣 かけ
Kake surname
縣 かた
Kata surname
縣 がた
Gata surname
縣 けん
Ken surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
县政府 [xiàn​zhèng​fǔ] #21,415
county administration
县城 [xiàn​chéng] #66,892
county seat
县委 [xiàn​wěi] #7,298
CCP county committee
县级 [xiàn​jí] #7,494
county level
县长 [xiàn​zhǎng] #41,732
county's head commissioner
叶县 [Yè​xiàn] #39,206
Ye county in Pingdingshan 平頂山|平顶山[Píng​dǐng​shān], Henan
知县 [zhī​xiàn] #50,947
county head magistrate (old)
市县 [shì​xiàn] #14,206
towns and counties
林县 [Lín​xiàn] #55,116
Lin county in Henan
沙县 [Shā​xiàn] #62,893
Sha county in Sanming 三明[Sān​míng], Fujian
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 県 [けん] #8,060
prefecture (of Japan)
神奈川県 [かながわけん] #23,939
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
⭐ 県内 [けんない] #24,033
within the prefecture
千葉県 [ちばけん] #25,975
Chiba Prefecture (Kanto area)
埼玉県 [さいたまけん] #27,950
Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)
長野県 [ながのけん] #33,570
Nagano Prefecture (Chūbu area)
愛知県 [あいちけん] #33,656
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
静岡県 [しずおかけん] #34,911
Shizuoka Prefecture (Chūbu area)
沖縄県 [おきなわけん] #36,409
Okinawa Prefecture
⭐ 県警 [けんけい] #36,803
prefectural police
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