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)

 都道府県 on Japanese Wikipedia

 Prefectures of Japan on Wikipedia

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): [to̞do̞ːɸɯ̟̊kẽ̞ɴ]

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

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