都道府県

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
どう
Grade: 2

Grade: 4
けん
Grade: 3
kan’on goon kan’on

Etymology

From the names of the 4 kinds of prefectures:

Pronunciation

Noun

(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 都道府縣, hiragana とどうふけん, rōmaji Todōfuken, historical hiragana とだうふけん)

  1. (geography) the political subdivisions of Japan

Derived terms

See also

  •  (どう) () (けん) (dōfuken)
  •  () (けん) (fuken)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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