けん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
Pitch accent
け
ん
Used in vocabulary (103 in total)
prefectural capital
Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
prefectural assembly member
Examples (6 in total)
There are 43 prefectures in Japan.
Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.
The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.