滝川

See also: 瀧川

Japanese
Kanji in this term
滝 川
たき
Grade: S		 かわ > がわ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
瀧川 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) たきがわ [tàkígáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠kʲiɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

滝(たき)川(がわ) • (takigawa) ←たきがは (takigafa)?

  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]

Proper noun

滝川(たきかわ) • (Takikawa) ←たきかは (takikafa)?

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

滝(たき)川(がわ) • (Takigawa) ←たきがは (takigafa)?

  1. A place name.
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

Other various nanori readings.

Proper noun

滝川(たかかわ) • (Takakawa) ←たかかは (takakafa)?

  1. a surname

滝川(たかがわ) • (Takagawa) ←たかがは (takagafa)?

  1. a surname

滝川(たかわ) • (Takawa) ←たかは (takafa)?

  1. a surname

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Ema Saikō; Hiroaki Sato (1998) Breeze Through Bamboo: Kanshi of Ema Saikō, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 196
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