千葉県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千 葉 県
ち
Grade: 1 		は > ば
Grade: 3 		けん
Grade: 3
kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
千葉縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 千葉 (Chiba) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちばけん [chìbáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕiba̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

千(ち)葉(ば)県(けん) • (Chiba-ken) 

  1. a prefecture in the 関東 (Kantō) region of Japan, facing the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay; its capital city is also 千葉 (Chiba)

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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