姫川

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Kanji in this term
姫 川
ひめ
Grade: S 		かわ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
姫 川
ひめ
Grade: S 		かわ > がわ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 姫(ひめ) (hime-, “lady; small, little”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”). Literally, “little river”. The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

姫(ひめ)川(かわ) • (Himekawa) 

  1. Hime River (a river in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Himekawa (several places in Japan):
    1. a neighborhood of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture
    2. a neighborhood of Otobe, Hokkaido Prefecture
    3. a neighborhood and station in Mori, Hokkaido Prefecture
    4. a station in Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture
  3. a surname

Proper noun

姫(ひめ)川(がわ) • (Himegawa) 

  1. Hime River (a river in Nagano Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Hime River (a river in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)
  3. Himegawa (a neighborhood of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan)
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