高知県

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	知	県
こう Grade: 2	ち Grade: 2	けん Grade: 3
on'yomi		kan'on

Alternative spelling
高知縣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 高知 (Kōchi, “Kochi”) +‎ 県 (-ken, “prefecture”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーちけん [kòóchíꜜkèǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːt͡ɕikẽ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

高(こう)知(ち)県(けん) • (Kōchi-ken) ^{←かうちけん (Kautiken)^?}

a prefecture of Japan in the southern part of 四国 (Shikoku) facing the Pacific Ocean; its capital city is also 高知 (Kōchi, “Kochi”)

See also

土佐(とさ) (Tosa)

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