江戶川

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Chinese

Edo
river; creek; plain
river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
 
trad. (江戶川) 江戶
simp. (江户川) 江户

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese ()()(がわ) (Edogawa).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

江戶川

  1. Edo River (a river in Japan)
  2. () Edogawa (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
  3. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 江戶川, Edogawa; or of 江戸川, Edogawa

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
と > ど
Hyōgai
かわ > がわ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 江戶川 – see the following entry.
江戸川えどがわ
Edo River
Edogawa (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
a surname
(This term, 江戶川, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)