三河
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Chinese[edit]
three | river | ||
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simp. and trad. (三河) |
三 | 河 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
三河
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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三 | 河 |
み Grade: 1 |
かわ Grade: 5 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology[edit]
From the presence of three rivers in the former province: 男川 (Otogawa), 豊川 (Toyokawa), and 矢作川 (Yahagigawa).[1] The name 三川 (Mikawa) is included in the Kojiki.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- Mikawa Province, an old province of Japan
- A region in modern Aichi Prefecture where the province was located
- a surname
References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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