県けん境ざかい

Written forms

• 県境Usage100%iUsage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
  • けんざかい

    Standard kanji spelling; the reading けんざかい is the most common.

  • けんきょう

    Alternate reading, less common; may be encountered in formal or older contexts.

• けんきょう

Kanji

• 県prefecture
• 境boundary, border, region

Similar words

• 国こっ境きょう

  国境 means national border, while 県境 specifically refers to a prefectural border within Japan.

• 都と道どう府ふ県けん境ざかい

  A more formal term encompassing borders of Tokyo, Hokkaido, Osaka/Kyoto, and other prefectures; 県境 is the common abbreviation.

Etymology

Compound of 県 (prefecture) and 境 (border). The reading けんざかい is a combination of on'yomi けん and kun'yomi さかい, while けんきょう is purely on'yomi.