河南

Chinese
river south
simp. and trad.
(河南)		 河 南
anagram 南河
Literally: “south of the river”.

Etymology
“Henan”
So named as it (largely) lies on the south of the Yellow River.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 河 南
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 覃 (159)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 胡歌切 那含切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦɑ/ /nʌm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦɑ/ /nəm/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɑ/ /nɒm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦa/ /nəm/
Li
Rong		 /ɣɑ/ /nᴀm/
Wang
Li		 /ɣɑ/ /nɒm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣɑ/ /năm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 hé nán
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 ho4 naam4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 河 南
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 hé nán
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ha › ‹ nom ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[C.ɡ]ˁaj/ /*nˁ[ə]m/
English river south

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 河 南
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 7459 9355
Phonetic
component		 可 南
Rime
group		 歌 侵
Rime
subdivision		 1 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 何 南
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡaːl/ /*nuːm/

Proper noun

河南

  1. (～省) Henan (a province of China; capital: Zhengzhou)
  2. (historical) region south of the Yellow River
  3. Henan (former district in Guangzhou south of the Pearl River)
  4. (～省) Hà Nam (a province of Vietnam)
  5. (～縣, ～蒙古族自治縣) Henan (a Mongolian Autonomous County in Huangnan, Qinghai, China)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • 河南梆子
  • 河南墜子／河南坠子

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (河南):
  • → Japanese: 河(か)南(なん) (Kanan)
  • → Korean: 하남(河南) (Hanam)
  • → Vietnamese: Hà Nam (河南)

Others:

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
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
  • IPA(key): [ka̠nã̠ɴ]

Proper noun

河(か)南(なん) • (Kanan) 

  1. Henan (a province of China; capital: Zhengzhou)
  2. The region south to the Yellow River, China.

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
河 南
かわ
Grade: 5		 な
Grade: 2
yutōyomi
Kanji in this term
河 南
かわ
Grade: 5		 みなみ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
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
  • IPA(key): [ka̠nã̠ɴ]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠na̠]
  • (Tokyo) かわみ​なみ [kàwámíꜜnàmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠mʲina̠mʲi]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠na̠mʲi]

Proper noun

河(か)南(なん) • (Kanan) 

  1. Kanan (a town in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
  2. Kanan (neighborhoods in Japan):
    1. A neighborhood of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture.
    2. A neighborhood of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture.
    3. A neighborhood of Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture.

河(かわ)南(な) • (Kawana) ←かはな (kafana)?

  1. a surname

河(かわ)南(みなみ) • (Kawaminami) ←かはみなみ (kafaminami)?

  1. Kawaminami (a neighborhood of Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan)

河(かわ)南(なみ) • (Kawanami) ←かはなみ (kafanami)?

  1. Kawanami (a neighborhood of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, Japan)

Korean
Hanja in this term
河南

Proper noun

河南 • (Hanam) (hangeul 하남)

  1. Hanja form? of 하남 (“Henan”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
河南

Proper noun

河南

  1. chữ Hán form of Hà Nam (“Henan; Hà Nam”).

References
  • Văn Mới (1954)
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