Chinese

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river; creek; plain
river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
 
mountainous
trad. (川崎)
simp. #(川崎)
 
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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (かわ)(さき) (Kawasaki).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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川崎

  1. () Kawasaki (a major city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
  2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 川崎, Kawasaki
  3. Kawasaki (a Japanese motorcycle manufacturer)

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かわ
Grade: 1
さき
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
 
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Etymology

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Compound of (かわ) (kawa, river) + (さき) (saki, headland). Literally, river cape.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(かわ)(さき) (Kawasaki

  1. Kawasaki (the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; ward of Kawasaki; station in Kawasaki); also:
    1. A town in Tagawa district, Fukuoka Prefecture; place in Kawasaki.
    2. A town in Shibata district, Miyagi Prefecture.
    3. A place in Gojōme and Hachirōgata, Minamiakita district, Akita Prefecture.
    4. A place in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
    5. A place in Hiji, Hayami district, Ōita Prefecture.
    6. A place in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture.
    7. A place in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.
    8. A place in Ōkawa, Tosa district, Kōchi Prefecture.
    9. A place in Hanyū, Hannō and Fujimino, Saitama Prefecture.
    10. A place in Sanmu, Chiba Prefecture.
    11. A place in Hamura, Tokyo prefecture.
    12. A place in Himi, Toyama Prefecture.
    13. A place in Agano, Nagaoka and Niigata, Niigata Prefecture.
    14. A place in Yahiko, Nishikanbara district, Niigata Prefecture.
    15. A place in Obama, Fukui Prefecture.
    16. A place in Makkari, Abuta district, Hokkaido prefecture.
    17. A place in Jūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
  2. Kawasaki, Japanese motorcycle manufacturer
  3. a surname

Descendants

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  • Chinese: 川崎 (Chuānqí)
  • English: Kawasaki
  • Russian: Каваса́ки m (Kavasáki)

References

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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