古河

Chinese

		ancient; old	river
simp. and trad. (古河)		古	河

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 古河 (Koga).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǔhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄏㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔhé
    • Wade–Giles: Ku³-ho²
    • Yale: Gǔ-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guuher
    • Palladius: Гухэ (Guxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵/

Proper noun

古河

1. (～市) Koga (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
古	河
ふる Grade: 2	かわ Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Proper noun

古(ふる)河(かわ) • (Furukawa) 

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
古	河
こ Grade: 2	か > が Grade: 5
on’yomi

Proper noun

古(こ)河(が) • (Koga) 

1. Koga (a city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)