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白河

白河

Chinese

 
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
river
simp. and trad.
(白河)

Proper noun

白河

  1. () Baihe County, Shaanxi Province, China
  2. () Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しら
Grade: 1
かわ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かわ [shìráꜜkàwà] (Nakadaka - [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾ̠a̠ka̠ɰᵝa̠]

Proper noun

白河 (hiragana しらかわ, romaji Shirakawa)

  1. a place name, such as that of Shirakawa City in Fukushima Prefecture
  2. A domain in the Edo period.
  3. A surname.

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