鴨川
Chinese edit
duck | river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.) | ||
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trad. (鴨川) | 鴨 | 川 | |
simp. (鸭川) | 鸭 | 川 |
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鴨川 (Kamogawa).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
鴨川
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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鴨 | 川 |
かも Jinmeiyō |
かわ > がわ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 鴨 (kamo, “duck”) + 川 (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa due to rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
鴨川 • (Kamogawa) ←かもがは (kamogafa)?
- Kamogawa (a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan), located on the southeast of the Bōsō Peninsula; developed as a fishing village in the early Edo period, later becoming a seaside resort town
- the Kamo River in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan, a tributary of the 淀川 (Yodogawa, “Yodo River”)
- traditionally, the Kamo River downstream from the point of confluence with the Takano River (高野川, Takanogawa), with the upstream portion spelled either 賀茂川 or 加茂川 (both read as Kamogawa)
Synonyms edit
- (city in Chiba Prefecture): 鴨川市 (かもがわし, Kamogawa-shi)
- (upstream portion of river in Kyōto): 賀茂川, 加茂川 (かもがわ, Kamogawa)
Further reading edit
- (Chiba): 鴨川市 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
- (Chiba): Kamogawa, Chiba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (Kyōto): 鴨川_(淀川水系) on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja
- (Kyōto): Kamo River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia