縣 (jyun6 | xian4) : county

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縣

jyun6

xian4

county; prefecture

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: 糸 (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

縣 / 县

This word has been viewed 10440 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Jan 2014 13:34

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縣城 jyun6 sing4 xian4 cheng2 = county town; county seat, the principal town of a county

縣長 jyun6 zoeng2 xian4 zhang3 = county head; the most senior official in a county government

巴縣 baa1 jyun6 ba1 xian4 = Ba county (county in Sichuan)

霸縣 baa3 jyun6 ba4 xian4 = Ba county (county in Tianjin)

賓縣 ban1 jyun6 bin1 xian4 = Bin county (county in Heilongjiang)

彬縣 ban1 jyun6 bin1 xian4 = Bin county (county in Shaanxi)

磁縣 ci4 jyun6 ci2 xian4 = Ci county (county in Hebei)

曹縣 cou4 jyun6 cao2 xian4 = Cao county (county in Shandong)

大城縣 daai6 sing4 jyun6 da4 cheng2 xian4 = Dacheng county (county in Tianjin)

儋縣 daam1 jyun6 dan1 xian4 = Dan county (county in Hainan)
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Decimal representation of this word: 縣
Unicode code for this character: U+7e23 (off-site link)

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