柳川

Chinese

		willow	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (柳川)		柳	川

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 柳川 (Yanagawa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Liǔchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Liǔchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Liǒuchuan
    • Wade–Giles: Liu³-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: Lyǒu-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Leouchuan
    • Palladius: Лючуань (Ljučuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Proper noun

柳川

1. (～市) Yanagawa (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
柳	川
やな Grade: S	かわ > がわ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やながわ [yànágáwá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠na̠ɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

柳(やな)川(がわ) • (yanagawa) ^{←やながは (yanagafa)?}

1. Short for 柳川鍋 (yanagawa-nabe).

Proper noun

柳(やな)川(がわ) • (Yanagawa) ^{←やながは (Yanagafa)?}

1. Yanagawa (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname