福井県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
福	井	県
ふく Grade: 3	い Grade: 4	けん Grade: 3
on'yomi	kun'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
福井縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 福井 (Fukui) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふくいけん [fùkúíꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ikẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

福(ふく)井(い)県(けん) • (Fukui-ken) ^{←ふくゐけん (Fukwiken)^?}

a prefecture in the 中部 (Chūbu) region of Japan facing the Sea of Japan; its capital city is also 福井 (Fukui)

See also

越(えち)前(ぜん) (Echizen)
若(じゃく)越(えつ) (Jakuetsu)
若(わか)狭(さ) (Wakasa)

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