石川

石川

Chinese

		rock; stone; 10 pecks	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (石川)		石	川

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shíchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄔㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ cyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shíchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhchuan
    • Wade–Giles: Shih²-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: Shŕ-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrchuan
    • Palladius: Шичуань (Šičuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰwän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sek⁶ cyun¹
    • Yale: sehk chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² t͡ʃʰyːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

石川

1. (～縣) Ishikawa (a prefecture of Japan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	川
いし Grade: 1	かわ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) いしかわ [ìshíkáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [iɕika̠ɰᵝa̠]

Proper noun

石(いし)川(かわ) • (Ishikawa) 

1. a surname
2. a place name, such as that of Ishikawa 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