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
Alternative spelling
道府縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

((Tokyo) Metropolis, literally capital) + ((Hokkaido) Prefecture, literally circuit) + ((Kyoto and Osaka) Prefectures, literally subdivision) + ((other) prefectures)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) どーけん [tòdóófúꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) どー [tòdóófúkéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞do̞ːɸɯ̟̊ᵝkẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

()(どう)()(けん) • (todōfuken) とだうふけん (todaufuken)?

  1. Tokyo, Hokkaido, Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures and other prefectures (collectively, as the prefectural (prefecture-level) administrative divisions of Japan)

Derived terms

See also

  • (どう)()(けん) (dōfuken, Hokkaido, Osaka, Kyoto and other prefectures)
  • ()(けん) (fuken, Osaka, Kyoto and other prefectures)
  • ()(どう) (todō)
  • ()(ちょう)(そん) (shichōson, cities, towns and villages, sub-prefectural subdivisions)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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