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縣

縣 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 地方の行政区分。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。首を木にぶら下げたさまを象る。「かける」を意味する漢語｛懸｝を表す字。のち仮借して行政単位のひとつを指す漢語｛縣｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

county, district, subdivision

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケン
Kun (native)
  • か(ける)
Nanori (used in names)
  • あがた
  • がた
Other languages
  • 拼音xian4
  • 拼音xuan2
  • 한글hyeon
  • Hán-ViệtHuyền
  • Hán-ViệtHuyện

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7E23

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰⿱⿵冂三𡭕系

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-9-7
Four Corner
6299.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3n6.3