谷川

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
谷	川
たに Grade: 2	かわ > がわ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From 谷(たに) (tani, “valley, ravine, gorge”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river, stream, brook”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たにがわ [tànígáwá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ɲ̟iɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

谷(たに)川(がわ) • (tanigawa) 

1. valley stream, mountain stream

Synonyms

• 渓流(けいりゅう) (keiryū)

Proper noun

谷(たに)川(がわ) • (Tanigawa) 

1. a surname