How many prefectures are there in Japan?
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县
Traditional: 縣
xiàn
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xiàn · jyun6 (Jyutping)
- county
- (Japan) prefecture
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Character breakdown
县
- Meaning
- county, district, subdivision
- Radical
- 厶
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿱且厶
- Cangjie
- BMI
- Four-corner
- 7773
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