古川

Chinese

		ancient; old	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (古川)		古	川

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 古川 (Furukawa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Gǔchuān

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔchuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔchuan
  - Wade–Giles: Ku³-chʻuan¹
  - Yale: Gǔ-chwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guuchuan
  - Palladius: Гучуань (Gučuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/

Proper noun

古川

(～市) Furukawa (a city in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古	川
ふる Grade: 2	かわ Grade: 1

Proper noun

古(ふる)川(かわ) • (Furukawa)

A place name, such as that of Furukawa city in Miyagi Prefecture
a surname

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