德川

See also: 徳川

Chinese

		Germany; virtue; goodness Germany; virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favour; character; kind	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (德川)		德	川

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Déchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dak¹ cyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Déchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄜˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Déchuan
  - Wade–Giles: Tê²-chʻuan¹
  - Yale: Dé-chwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Derchuan
  - Palladius: Дэчуань (Dɛčuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dak¹ cyun¹
  - Yale: dāk chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dak⁷ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: deg¹ qun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐk̚⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 徳川(とくがわ) (Tokugawa).

Proper noun

德川

an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 徳川, Tokugawa
(～幕府) (historical) Tokugawa shogunate
- […]而且許多德川朱子學者的思維亦是「孝」比「忠」優先。 [MSC, trad.]
  […]而且许多德川朱子学者的思维亦是「孝」比「忠」优先。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2004, 張崑將, 德川日本「忠」「孝」槪念的形成與發展：以兵學與陽明學為中心, page 228
  [... ] érqiě xǔduō Déchuān Zhūzǐ xuézhě de sīwéi yì shì “xiào” bǐ “zhōng” yōuxiān. [Pinyin]
  [...] and the thought of many Tokugawa Zhuzi scholars was prioritizing "filial piety" before "loyalty".
- 德川的和平盛世與儒學的興起，大大改變軍事思想及其運用。 [MSC, trad.]
  德川的和平盛世与儒学的兴起，大大改变军事思想及其运用。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2009, 吳偉明 (Benjamin Wai-ming Ng), 《易學對德川日本的影響》 (The I Ching in Tokugawa Thought and Culture), page 140
  Déchuān de hépíng shèngshì yǔ rúxué de xīngqǐ, dàdà gǎibiàn jūnshì sīxiǎng jí qí yùnyòng. [Pinyin]
  The peaceful golden age of Tokugawa and the rise of Confucianism has greatly changed military thought and how the military should be used.
- 關於德川初期日本的對外政策，一部分學者認為，德川政權延續了豐臣秀吉的武力外征理念，雖然程度頗有減輕，但其「武威外交」的基本路線並無根本變化。 [MSC, trad.]
  关于德川初期日本的对外政策，一部分学者认为，德川政权延续了丰臣秀吉的武力外征理念，虽然程度颇有减轻，但其「武威外交」的基本路线并无根本变化。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2019, 王来特 (Wang Laite), 来而不往的“互市”：德川初期中日贸易模式的构建 (The Establishment of Sino-Japanese Trade Pattern in the Early Tokugawa Period), in the Journal of Tsinghua University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), volume 34, issue 2, page 114
  Guānyú Déchuān chūqī Rìběn de duìwài zhèngcè, yībùfēn xuézhě rènwèi, Déchuān zhèngquán yánxù le Fēngchén Xiùjí de wǔlì wàizhēng lǐniàn, suīrán chéngdù pōyǒu jiǎnqīng, dàn qí “wǔwēi wàijiāo” de jīběn lùxiàn bìng wú gēnběn biànhuà. [Pinyin]
  About the foreign policy of Japan in the early Tokugawa period, some scholars believe that the Tokugawa regime continued Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ideology of military invasion; even though the extent has considerably lessened, the basic direction of "military diplomacy" has not changed on a fundamental level.

Derived terms

德川幕府 (Déchuān Mùfǔ)

Etymology 2

Orthographic borrowing from Korean 덕천 (德川, Deokcheon).

Proper noun

德川

(～市) Tokchon (a city in North Korea)

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 德川 – see the following entry.

【徳川とくがわ】

[proper noun] (historical) Tokugawa, a family name, notably of Tokugawa Ieyasu, a famous Edo period shogun, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate

(This term, 德川, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Proper noun

德川 • (Deokcheon) (hangeul 덕천)

hanja form^? of 덕천 (“Tokchon”)