川口

Chinese

 
river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad.
(川口)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 川口 (Kawaguchi).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

川口

  1. () Kawaguchi (a city in Saitama, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かわ
Grade: 1
くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From (kawa, "river," "stream," "brook") + (kuchi, "mouthlike opening")

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぐち [kàwáꜜgùchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

川口 (hiragana かわぐち, rōmaji kawaguchi)

  1. mouth of river, estuary

Alternative forms

Proper noun

川口 (hiragana かわぐち, rōmaji Kawaguchi)

  1. A surname.
  2. a place name, such as that of Kawaguchi City in Saitama Prefecture

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
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