川崎

Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation


Proper noun

川崎

  1. () 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
かわ
Grade: 1
さき
Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (かわ) (kawa, river) + (さき) (saki, headland). Literally, river cape.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) わさき [kàwásákí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠β̞a̠sa̠kʲi]

Proper noun

(かわ)(さき) • (Kawasaki

  1. Kawasaki (the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; a ward of Kawasaki; a station in Kawasaki); also:
    1. a town in Tagawa district, Fukuoka Prefecture; a 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