县 xiàn▶ county

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · Level 4

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HSK 5 — advanced proficiency: 1,300 new words, 2,500 in all. You can read newspapers, enjoy films and give speeches in Chinese. In HSK 3.0, 县 is in band 4. HSK 5 explained

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中县。

It means county. Imagine a new friend telling you where they grew up, a small county a few hours outside the big city. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

县 is written in 7 strokes.

• 县

Senses

1. county
2. (Japan) prefecture

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县 is pronounced xiàn and means “county”.