淀川

淀川

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淀	川
よど Jinmeiyō	かわ > がわ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 淀(よど) (yodo, “pool, eddy”) + 川(かわ) (-kawa, suffix after names of rivers). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よどがわ [yòdógáwá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞do̞ɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Proper noun

淀(よど)川(がわ) • (Yodogawa) ^{←よどがは (Yodogafa)?}

1. Yodo River (a river in Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
2. a surname