川口

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Chinese

 
river; creek; plain
river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad.
(川口)
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 川口 (Kawaguchi).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

川口

  1. () Kawaguchi (a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かわ
Grade: 1
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From (kawa, "river," "stream," "brook") + (kuchi, "mouthlike opening").

Pronunciation

Noun

(かわ)(ぐち) (kawaguchi

  1. 河口: mouth of river, estuary

Proper noun

(かわ)(ぐち) (Kawaguchi

  1. Kawaguchi (a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan)
  2. a surname

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN