石川県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	川	県
いし Grade: 1	かわ Grade: 1	けん Grade: 3
kun'yomi		kan'on

Alternative spelling
石川縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 石川 (Ishikawa) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いしかわけん [ìshíkáwáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [iɕika̠β̞a̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

石(いし)川(かわ)県(けん) • (Ishikawa-ken) ^{←いしかはけん (Isikafaken)^?}

a prefecture in the 中部 (Chūbu) region of Japan facing the Sea of Japan; its capital city is 金沢 (Kanazawa)

See also

加賀(かが) (Kaga)
加能(かのう) (Kanō)
能登(のと) (Noto)

References

^ 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