小川

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Chinese

 
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
river; creek; plain
river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(小川)

Pronunciation


Proper noun

小川

  1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 小川, Ogawa
  2. () Xiaochuan (a township in Maojian district, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
かわ > がわ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From (o, "little," "nice") + (kawa, "river," "stream," "brook").

Noun

()(がわ) (ogawa

  1. brook, streamlet, stream, creek

Proper noun

()(がわ) (Ogawa

  1. a surname