旭川

Chinese

		dawn; rising sun	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (旭川)		旭	川

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 旭川 (Asahikawa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xùchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ ㄔㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xùchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syùchuan
    • Wade–Giles: Hsü⁴-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: Syù-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiuhchuan
    • Palladius: Сюйчуань (Sjujčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 旭川

1. (～市) Asahikawa (a city in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
旭	川
あさひ Jinmeiyō	かわ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Proper noun

旭(あさひ)川(かわ) or 旭川(proper) • (asahikawa or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|あさひかわ]]

1. A city in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan.