石川

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石川(いしかわ) (Ishikawa).

石川

1. (～縣) Ishikawa (a prefecture of Japan)
2. an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 石川, Ishikawa

Compound of 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) いしかわ [ìshíkáwá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [iɕi̥ka̠β̞a̠]

• (Tokyo) いしがわ [ìshígáwá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [iɕiɡa̠β̞a̠]

石(いし)川(かわ) • (Ishikawa) ^{←いしかは (Isikafa)?}

1. Ishikawa (a prefecture of Japan; capital: Kanazawa)

   Synonym: 石川県 (Ishikawa-ken)

2. Ishikawa (a town in Ishikawa district, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan)
3. a former city in Okinawa island; now part of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture
4. synonym of 賀茂川 (Kamogawa): a river in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
5. Ishi River (rivers in Japan):
   1. a river in Aichi Prefecture
   2. a tributary of the Tokiwa, Hokkaido Prefecture
   3. a tributary of the Yamato, Osaka Prefecture
6. Ishikawa (other places in Japan):
   1. The neighborhoods of Mizuho, Nagoya and of Taketoyo, in Aichi Prefecture
   2. a neighborhood and train station in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture
   3. The neighborhoods of Ishioka, Hitachinaka and Mito and of Ami, in Ibaraki Prefecture
   4. The neighborhoods of Uruma and Motobu, Okinawa Prefecture
   5. a neighborhood of Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture
   6. The neighborhoods of Naka, Yokohama and of Fujisawa, in Kanagawa Prefecture
   7. a neighborhood of Yosano, Kyoto Prefecture
   8. a neighborhood of Ueki, Kumamoto Prefecture
   9. a neighborhood of Kohoku, Shiga Prefecture
   10. The neighborhoods of Shimizu, Shizuoka and of Numazu, in Shizuoka Prefecture
   11. The neighborhoods of Ichihara and Sakura, Chiba Prefecture
   12. The neighborhoods of Hachiōji and Ōta, Tokyo prefecture
   13. a neighborhood of Fujioka, Tochigi Prefecture
   14. The neighborhoods of Kashihara and Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture
   15. The neighborhoods of Kamo and Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture
   16. a neighborhood of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture
   17. The neighborhoods of Hakodate and Muroran, Hokkaido Prefecture
   18. a neighborhood of Iga, Mie Prefecture
   19. a neighborhood of Shinjō, Yamagata Prefecture
7. a surname

   石(いし)川(かわ)馨(かおる)

   Ishikawa Kaoru

   Kaoru Ishikawa, organizational theorist known for the Ishikawa diagram

石(いし)川(がわ) • (Ishigawa) ^{←いしがは (Isigafa)?}

1. Ishi River (rivers in Japan):
   1. a river in Aichi Prefecture
   2. a river in Niigata Prefecture
   3. a tributary of the Sai, Ishikawa Prefecture
   4. a tributary of the Sabaishi, Niigata Prefecture
   5. a tributary of the Hikimi, Shimane Prefecture

• → Chinese: 石川 (Shíchuān)
• → English: Ishikawa, Ishigawa