Translingual

Han character

県 (radical 109 目+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月山女火 (BUVF), composition ⿱⿺𠃊目小)

1. The original form of 懸
2. The simplification of 縣 in Japanese

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

Chinese

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 縣)

Readings

• Goon: げん (gen), きょう (kyō)
• Kan’on: けん (ken), きょう (kyō)
• Kun: かける (kakeru), かかる (kakaru), あがた (agata)

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​.

Korean

Hanja

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

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