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

  • (Tokyo) とどーふ​けん [tòdóófúꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) とどーふけ​ん [tòdóófúkéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞do̞ːɸɯ̟̊ᵝkẽ̞ɴ]

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

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