河南
(Redirected from 河南省)
Chinese edit
river | south | ||
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simp. and trad. (河南) |
河 | 南 | |
anagram | 南河 | ||
Literally: “south of the river”. |
Etymology edit
- “Henan”
- So named as it (largely) lies on the south of the Yellow River.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
河南
- (~省) Henan (a province of China; capital: Zhengzhou)
- (historical) region south of the Yellow River
- Henan (former district in Guangzhou south of the Pearl River)
- (~省) Hà Nam (a province of Vietnam)
- (~縣, ~蒙古族自治縣) Henan (a Mongolian Autonomous County in Huangnan, Qinghai, China)
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Others:
- → English: Henan
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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河 | 南 |
か Grade: 5 |
なん Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 河南 (Hénán).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
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Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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河 | 南 |
かわ Grade: 5 |
な Grade: 2 |
yutōyomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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河 | 南 |
かわ Grade: 5 |
みなみ Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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河 | 南 |
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 edit
Proper noun edit
- a surname
河南 • (Kawaminami) ←かはみなみ (kafaminami)?
- Kawaminami (a neighborhood of Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan)
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Hanja in this term | |
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河 | 南 |
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Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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河 | 南 |
Proper noun edit
河南