石渡

石渡

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
石	渡
いし Grade: 1	わた Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of 石 (ishi, “stone, rock”) +‎ 渡 (wata, “crossing; ford”, appears to be a truncation of watari, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 渡る (wataru, “to cross; to ford”)).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [iɕiɰᵝa̠ta̠]

Proper noun

石渡 (hiragana いしわた, rōmaji Ishiwata)

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
石	渡
いし Grade: 1	わた(り) Grade: S
kun’yomi

Compound of 石 (ishi, “stone, rock”) +‎ 渡り (watari, “crossing; ford”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 渡る (wataru, “to cross; to ford”)).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [iɕiɰᵝa̠ta̠ɾʲi]

Proper noun

石渡 (hiragana いしわたり, rōmaji Ishiwatari)

1. a surname

Usage notes

This reading appears to be less common than Ishiwata above.