福島県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
福	島	県
ふく Grade: 3	しま Grade: 3	けん Grade: 3
on'yomi	kun'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
福島縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 福島 (Fukushima) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふくしまけん [fùkúshímáꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ɕima̠kẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

福(ふく)島(しま)県(けん) • (Fukushima-ken)

a prefecture in 東北 (Tōhoku) region of Japan facing the Pacific Ocean; its capital city is also 福島 (Fukushima)

See also

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