江戶川

Chinese

		Edo	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
trad. (江戶川)		江戶	川
simp. (江户川)		江户	川

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 江(え)戸(ど)川(がわ) (Edogawa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiānghùchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiānghùchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jianghùchuan
    • Wade–Giles: Chiang¹-hu⁴-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: Jyāng-hù-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jianghuhchuan
    • Palladius: Цзянхучуань (Czjanxučuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Proper noun

江戶川

1. Edo River (a river in Japan)
2. (～區) Edogawa (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
3. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 江戶川, Edogawa; or of 江戸川, Edogawa

Japanese

Kanji in this term
江	戶	川
え Grade: S	と > ど Hyōgaiji	かわ > がわ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 江戶川 – see the following entry.

【江戸川えどがわ】 [proper noun] Edo River [proper noun] Edogawa (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] a surname

(This term, 江戶川, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)