Memory phrase for the Kanji: 県

県

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Meaning prefecture

Pronunciation

KEN

Explanation

From top: eye 目, corner ∟ & small 小

Mnemonic
 
The eye sees in the corner (of a map) a small prefecture.

Radicals

県 prefecture
目 eye
小 smallA person | with two arms 八 close to the body is small (compare with big 大, which is a person with widely spread arms and legs).
∟ corner
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 Vocabulary

県 けん  prefecture
県庁 けんちょう  prefectural office
埼玉県 さいたまけん  Saitama-ken (Prefecture)
福岡県 ふくおかけん  Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyūshū)​

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