川口

川口

Chinese

		river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (川口)		川	口

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 川口 (Kawaguchi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chuānkǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄢ ㄎㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Chuānkǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄢ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chuankoou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chuankǒu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰwän⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

川口

1. (～市) Kawaguchi (a city in Saitama, Japan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
川	口
かわ Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 川 (kawa, "river," "stream," "brook") + 口 (kuchi, "mouthlike opening")

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かわ​ぐち [kàwáꜜgùchì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ɡɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

川口 (hiragana かわぐち, rōmaji kawaguchi)

1. mouth of river, estuary

Alternative forms

• 河口

Proper noun

川口 (hiragana かわぐち, rōmaji Kawaguchi)

1. A surname​.
2. a place name, such as that of Kawaguchi City in Saitama Prefecture

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3