都道府県

Japanese
Kanji in this term
都 道 府 県
と
Grade: 3		 どう
Grade: 2		 ふ
Grade: 4		 けん
Grade: 3
kan’on goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
都道府縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

都 (“(Tokyo) Metropolis”, literally “capital”) +‎ 道 (“(Hokkaido) Prefecture”, literally “circuit”) +‎ 府 (“(Kyoto and Osaka) Prefectures”, literally “subdivision”) +‎ 県 (“(other) prefectures”)

Pronunciation

Noun

都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(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
Derived terms
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)議(ぎ)会(かい) (Todōfuken Gikai)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)組(くみ)合(あい) (Todōfuken Kumiai)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)警(けい)察(さつ) (Todōfuken Keisatsu)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)公(こう)安(あん)委(い)員(いん)会(かい) (Todōfuken Kōan Iinkai)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)条(じょう)例(れい) (Todōfuken Jōrei)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)税(ぜい) (Todōfuken-zei)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)地(ち)域(いき)防(ぼう)災(さい)計(けい)画(かく) (Todōfuken Chiiki Bōsai Keikaku)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)知(ち)事(じ) (Todōfuken Chiji)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)庁(ちょう)所(しょ)在(ざい)地(ち) (Todōfukenchō-sho zaichi)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)道(どう) (Todōfuken-dō)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)防(ぼう)災(さい)会(かい)議(ぎ) (Todōfuken Bōsai Kaigi)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)自(し)然(ぜん)環(かん)境(きょう)保(ほ)全(ぜん)地(ち)域(いき) (Todōfuken Shizen Kankyō Hozen Chiiki)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)労(ろう)働(どう)委(い)員(いん)会(かい) (Todōfuken Rōdō Iinkai)
  • 都(と)道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん)労(ろう)働(どう)局(きょく) (Todōfuken Rōdō-kyoku)

See also
  • 道(どう)府(ふ)県(けん) (dōfuken, “Hokkaido, Osaka, Kyoto and other prefectures”)
  • 府(ふ)県(けん) (fuken, “Osaka, Kyoto and other prefectures”)
  • 都(と)道(どう) (todō)
  • 市(し)町(ちょう)村(そん) (shichōson, “cities, towns and villages”, sub-prefectural subdivisions)

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