姫川

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひめ
Grade: S
かわ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term
ひめ
Grade: S
かわ > がわ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of (ひめ) (hime-, lady; small, little) + (かわ) (kawa, river). Literally, little river. The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(ひめ)(かわ) (Himekawa

  1. Hime River (a river in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Himekawa (several places in Japan):
    1. A neighborhood of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture.
    2. A neighborhood of Otobe, Hokkaido prefecture.
    3. A neighborhood and station in Mori, Hokkaido prefecture.
    4. A station in Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture.
  3. a surname

(ひめ)(がわ) (Himegawa

  1. Hime River (a river in Nagano Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Hime River (a river in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)
  3. Himegawa (a neighborhood of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan)