江戶川

Chinese
Edo
 
river; creek; plain
river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
trad. (江戶川) 江戶 川
simp. (江户川) 江户 川

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 江(え)戸(ど)川(がわ) (Edogawa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

江戶川

  1. Edo River (a river in Japan)
  2. (～區) Edogawa (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan)
  3. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 江戶川, Edogawa; or of 江戸川, Edogawa

Japanese
Kanji in this term
江 戶 川
え
Grade: S		 と > ど
Hyōgaiji		 かわ > がわ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

江(え)戶(ど)川(がわ) • (Edogawa) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 江戸川
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