川崎

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Chinese

 
river; creek; plain
river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
 mountainous
trad. (川崎) 川 崎
simp. #(川崎) 川 崎
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 川(かわ)崎(さき) (Kawasaki).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

川崎

  1. (～市) Kawasaki (a major city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
  2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 川崎, Kawasaki
  3. Kawasaki (a Japanese motorcycle manufacturer)

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
川 崎
かわ
Grade: 1 		さき
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
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Etymology

Compound of 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”) + 崎(さき) (saki, “headland”). Literally, “river cape”.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

川(かわ)崎(さき) • (Kawasaki) 

  1. Kawasaki (the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; ward of Kawasaki; station in Kawasaki); also:
    1. A town in Tagawa district, Fukuoka Prefecture; place in Kawasaki.
    2. A town in Shibata district, Miyagi Prefecture.
    3. A place in Gojōme and Hachirōgata, Minamiakita district, Akita Prefecture.
    4. A place in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
    5. A place in Hiji, Hayami district, Ōita Prefecture.
    6. A place in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture.
    7. A place in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.
    8. A place in Ōkawa, Tosa district, Kōchi Prefecture.
    9. A place in Hanyū, Hannō and Fujimino, Saitama Prefecture.
    10. A place in Sanmu, Chiba Prefecture.
    11. A place in Hamura, Tokyo prefecture.
    12. A place in Himi, Toyama Prefecture.
    13. A place in Agano, Nagaoka and Niigata, Niigata Prefecture.
    14. A place in Yahiko, Nishikanbara district, Niigata Prefecture.
    15. A place in Obama, Fukui Prefecture.
    16. A place in Makkari, Abuta district, Hokkaido prefecture.
    17. A place in Jūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
  2. Kawasaki, Japanese motorcycle manufacturer
  3. a surname

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 川崎 (Chuānqí)
  • → English: Kawasaki
  • → Russian: Каваса́ки m (Kavasáki)

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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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