香川

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
trad. (香川)		香	川
simp. #(香川)		香	川

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiāngchuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ cyun¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hiong-chhoan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiāngchuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siangchuan
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiang¹-chʻuan¹
    • Yale: Syāng-chwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiangchuan
    • Palladius: Сянчуань (Sjančuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ cyun¹
    • Yale: hēung chyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ tsyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ qun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiong-chhoan
    • Tâi-lô: Hiong-tshuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiongzhoafn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰuan⁴⁴/

Proper noun

香川

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
香	川
か Grade: 4	かわ > がわ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​がわ [káꜜgàwà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Proper noun

香(か)川(がわ) • (Kagawa) ^{←かがは (kagafa)?}

1. Kagawa prefecture
2. a surname Kagawa