谷川

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
たに
Grade: 2
かわ > がわ
Grade: 1

From (たに) (tani, valley, ravine, gorge) + (かわ) (kawa, river, stream, brook). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

(たに)(がわ) (tanigawa) 

  1. valley stream, mountain stream

Proper noun

(たに)(がわ) (Tanigawa) 

  1. a surname
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