Chinese

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river south
simp. and trad.
(河南)
anagram 南河
Literally: “south of the river”.
 
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Etymology

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“Henan”
So named as it (largely) lies on the south of the Yellow River.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (8)
Final () (94) (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter ha nom
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑ/ /nʌm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑ/ /nəm/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑ/ /nɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦa/ /nəm/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑ/ /nᴀm/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑ/ /nɒm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣɑ/ /năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ho4 naam4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
nán
Middle
Chinese
‹ ha › ‹ nom ›
Old
Chinese
/*[C.ɡ]ˁaj/ /*nˁ[ə]m/
English river south

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7459 9355
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːl/ /*nuːm/

Proper noun

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河南

  1. () Henan (a province of China)
  2. (historical) Henan (a geographic region south of the Yellow River in northern China)
  3. Henan Henan (an island and former district, now part of Haizhu District south of the old urban core of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
  4. () Hà Nam (a province of Vietnam)
  5. (, 蒙古族自治縣) Henan, Henan Mongol Autonomous County (a Mongol autonomous county in the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Huangnan prefecture, Qinghai Province, China)

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (河南):
  • Japanese: ()(なん) (Kanan)
  • Korean: 하남(河南) (Hanam)
  • Vietnamese: Hà Nam (河南)

Others:

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
なん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 河南 (Hénán).

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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()(なん) (Kanan

  1. Henan (a province of China)
  2. (historical) Henan (a geographic region south of the Yellow River in northern China)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
かわ
Grade: 5

Grade: 2
yutōyomi
Kanji in this term
かわ
Grade: 5
みなみ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
かわ
Grade: 5
なみ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi nanori

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) わみなみ [kàwámíꜜnàmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠β̞a̠mʲina̠mʲi]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠β̞a̠na̠mʲi]

Proper noun

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()(なん) (Kanan

  1. Kanan (a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Kanan (neighborhoods in Japan):
    1. a neighborhood of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture
    2. a neighborhood of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture
    3. a neighborhood of Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture

Proper noun

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(かわ)() (Kawanaかはな (Kafana)?

  1. a surname

Proper noun

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(かわ)(みなみ) (Kawaminamiかはみなみ (Kafaminami)?

  1. Kawaminami (a neighborhood of Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan)

Proper noun

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(かわ)(なみ) (Kawanamiかはなみ (Kafanami)?

  1. Kawanami (a neighborhood of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Proper noun

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河南 (Hanam) (hangeul 하남)

  1. hanja form? of 하남 : Henan (a province of China)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

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河南

  1. chữ Hán form of Hà Nam.:
  2. Henan (a province of China)
  3. Hà Nam (a province of Vietnam)

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