古川

Chinese

		ancient; old	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (古川)		古	川

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 古川 (Furukawa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǔchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔchuan
    • Wade–Giles: Ku³-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: Gǔ-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guuchuan
    • Palladius: Гучуань (Gučuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Proper noun

古川

1. (～市) Furukawa (a city in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古	川
ふる Grade: 2	かわ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

古(ふる)川(かわ) • (Furukawa) 

1. Furukawa (a city in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname