滝川

Compound of 滝 (たき) (taki, “waterfall”) + 川 (かわ) (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) たきがわ [tàkígáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠kʲiɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

滝川 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 瀧川, hiragana たきがわ, rōmaji takigawa, historical hiragana たきがは)

1. rapids

   1151, Shika Wakashū (book 7, poem 229), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 77)

   瀬 (せ)を早 (はや)み岩 (いは)にせかるる滝川 (たきがは)のわれても末 (すゑ)に逢 (あ)はむとぞ思 (おも)ふ

   se o hayami iwa ni sekaruru takigawa no warete mo sue ni awan to zo omou

   Like a valley stream with rapids blocked by a boulder, though we broke up, in the end we'd meet I know.[2]

滝川 (hiragana たきかわ, rōmaji Takikawa, historical hiragana たきかは)

1. A place name, such as that of Takikawa City in Hokkaido Prefecture
2. A surname​.

滝川 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 瀧川, hiragana たきがわ, rōmaji Takigawa, historical hiragana たきがは)

1. A place name.
2. A surname​.

Other various nanori readings.

滝川 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 瀧川, hiragana たかかわ, rōmaji Takakawa, historical hiragana たかかは)

1. A surname​.

滝川 (hiragana たかがわ, rōmaji Takagawa, historical hiragana たかがは)

1. A surname​.

滝川 (hiragana たかわ, rōmaji Takawa, historical hiragana たかは)

1. A surname​.