縣
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xiàn · county, district, subdivision

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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

16Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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糸Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 縣

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Example sentences

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Rì běn yǒu duō shǎo gè xiàn ?日本有多少個縣?

How many prefectures are there in Japan?

Source: Tatoeba #769616 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ qù nián xià tiān dào fǎng de shì yí gè wèi wū cháng yě xiàn de xiǎo cūn luò.我去年夏天到訪的是一個位於長野縣的小村落。

The village which I visited last summer was a small one in Nagano Prefecture.

Source: Tatoeba #635062 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Qí juàn chéng 、 dōng ā 、 fàn xiàn sān chǔ, lài xún yù 、 chéng yù èr rén shè jì xiāng lián, sǐ shǒu chéng guō.其鄄城、東阿、范縣三處,賴荀彧、程昱二人設計相連,死守城郭。

At Juancheng, Dong'e, and Fan counties, thanks to the strategic planning of Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, the locations were connected, and the cities were defended to the death.

Source: Tatoeba #13513864 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 縣 in context

  1. Say xiàn, then recall the core meaning: county, district, subdivision.
  2. Write all 16 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 縣 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.