神奈川

Chinese edit

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	how can one help	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
trad. (神奈川)		神	奈	川
simp. ^#(神奈川)		神	奈	川

Etymology edit

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 神奈川 (Kanagawa).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shénnàichuān

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ noi⁶ cyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shénnàichuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄋㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shénnàichuan
  - Wade–Giles: Shên²-nai⁴-chʻuan¹
  - Yale: Shén-nài-chwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shernnaychuan
  - Palladius: Шэньнайчуань (Šɛnʹnajčuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ naɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san⁴ noi⁶ cyun¹
  - Yale: sàhn noih chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ noi⁶ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ noi⁶ qun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ nɔːi̯²² t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun edit

神奈川

(～縣) Kanagawa (a prefecture of Japan)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
神	奈	川
か Grade: 3	な Grade: 4	かわ > がわ Grade: 1
irregular	goon	kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
神奈川 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

The name of a port near present-day Kanagawa-ku in Kanagawa Prefecture that served as a stop on the Tōkaidō, the historical route from Edo to Kyoto during the Edo period. The name is perhaps related to 上無川 (Kaminashigawa), a river near Edo. Attested from the 17th century. Variously written as かな川, 金川, 狩野川, or かぬ川 in historical texts.

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) かながわ [kànáꜜgàwà] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠ɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Proper noun edit

神(か)奈(な)川(がわ) • (Kanagawa) ^{←かながは (kanagafa)^?}

a placename, especially:
1. Short for 神奈川県 (Kanagawa-ken): Kanagawa Prefecture
2. Short for 神奈川区 (Kanagawa-ku): a ward in Yokohama, the prefectural capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture
a surname

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

→ Chinese: 神奈川 (Shénnàichuān)
→ English: Kanagawa
→ Russian: Канага́ва f (Kanagáva)

References edit

“かながわ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000