県

See also 縣, 县, and 呉

Translingual

shinjitai	県
simplified	县
traditional	縣

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a head (of a decapitated criminal) hung upside down, with the hair hanging down. Compare 辟.

Also Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 縣 (系 → [[ ]]) (elimination of 系).

Han character

県 (radical 109 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山女火 (BUVF))

1. county, district, prefecture, subdivision

Usage notes

Exists as a traditional Chinese character, but not generally used in Chinese in isolation. In Japanese, used as simplification of 縣.

Derived characters

• 縣

See also

• 呉

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 803, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23210
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2478, character 4
• Unihan data for U+770C

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Japanese

Noun

県 (hiragana あがた, romaji agata)

1. a historical administrative district
2. the countryside

Noun

県 (hiragana けん, romaji ken)

1. a type of administrative district, including 43 of the 47 prefectures of modern day Japan, Chinese counties, French departments, etc.

Derived terms

• 都道府県 (とどうふけん, todōfuken, “ political subdivisions of Japan ”)

Proper noun

県 (hiragana あがた, romaji Agata)

1. A surname.

Kanji

県 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: けん (ken), きょう (kyō)
• Kun: かける (kakeru), かかる (kakaru), あがた (agata)

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Korean

Hanja

県 (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune-Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

県 (pinyin dèng (deng4), xiàn (xian4), yí (yi2), Wade-Giles teng⁴, hsien⁴, i²)