kengai
"hanging over cliff"


Character
Components
Japanese (Romanized)
Meanings





 ken





 gai
 attach, hang





 cliff









 ken




 shin, kokoro
 a severed head hung upside down on a tree as a display of power of authority associated with a regional/prefectural district --> thus, a prefecture



 heart/feelings, a pictograph of the heart



NOTES

Henshall, Kenneth G.  A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Rutland, VT and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company; 1988), characters no. 147, 273, 1225.