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
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