16 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1

county, district, subdivision

Kun'yomi
  • ける
On'yomi
  • prefecture (Japan)
Nanori
  • territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.) ②countryside
  • がた

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

county, district, subdivision
ケン か.ける あがた (Kentei 1)
prefecture
ケン がた か.ける (3rd, N2)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
lineage, system
ケイ (6th, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)

Contained In

References

Unicode hex code 7E23
JIS X 0208 1-69-49
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4555
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1802
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2267
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1601
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 27784
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3n6.3
Four corner code 6299.3