香川県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
香 川 県
か
Grade: 4 		かわ > がわ
Grade: 1 		けん
Grade: 3
kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
香川縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 香川 (Kagawa) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かがわけん [kàgáwáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡa̠β̞a̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

香(か)川(がわ)県(けん) • (Kagawa-ken) ←かがはけん (Kagafaken)?

  1. a prefecture of Japan in the northeastern part of 四国 (Shikoku) facing the Seto Inland Sea; its capital city is 高松 (Takamatsu)

See also

prefectures of Japan: 日本edit

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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