도도부현

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 都道府県, borrowed from Japanese 都道府県(とどうふけん) (todōfuken).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞do̞buʝʌ̹n]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dodobuhyeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dodobuhyeon
McCune–Reischauer?todobuhyŏn
Yale Romanization?totopuhyen

Noun

도도부현 • (dodobuhyeon) (hanja 都道府県)

  1. Tokyo, Hokkaido, Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures and other prefectures (collectively, as the prefectural (prefecture-level) administrative divisions of Japan)