深川

Chinese

		deep; profound	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
trad. (深川)		深	川
simp. ^#(深川)		深	川

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 深川 (Fukagawa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shēnchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄔㄨㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shēnchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄔㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shenchuan
  - Wade–Giles: Shên¹-chʻuan¹
  - Yale: Shēn-chwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenchuan
  - Palladius: Шэньчуань (Šɛnʹčuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Proper noun

深川

(～市) Fukagawa (a city in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
深	川
ふか Grade: 3	かわ > がわ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Proper noun

深(ふか)川(がわ) • (Fukagawa)

Fukagawa (a city in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)
a district of Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan
(~区) one of the 35 former wards of Tokyo Prefecture (1868–1943), Tokyo City.
Synonym: 深川区 (Fukagawa ku, “Fukagawa ward”)