県境

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
県	境
けん Grade: 3	さかい > ざかい Grade: 5
on'yomi	kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
縣境 (kyūjitai)

From 県(けん) (ken) + 境(さかい) (sakai). The sakai changes to zakai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

• (uncommon?) 県境(けんきょう) (kenkyō)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんざかい [kèńzáꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞nd͡za̠ka̠i]

Noun

県(けん)境(ざかい) • (kenzakai) ^{←けんざかひ (kenzakafi)?}

1. prefectural borders

Derived terms

• 三県境(さんけんざかい) (sankenzakai)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
県	境
けん Grade: 3	きょう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
縣境 (kyūjitai)

From 県(けん) (ken) + 境(きょう) (kyō).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんきょー [kèńkyóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ŋʲkʲo̞ː]

Noun

県(けん)境(きょう) • (kenkyō) ^{←けんきやう (kenkyau)?}

1. Alternative form of 県境 (kenzakai)

Derived terms

• 三県境(さんけんきょう) (sankenkyō)