滝川

See also: 瀧川

Japanese

Kanji in this term
滝	川
たき Grade: S	かわ > がわ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
瀧川 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

Compound of 滝(たき) (taki, “waterfall”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁)..

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たきがわ [tàkígáwá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠kʲiɡa̠β̞a̠]

Noun

滝(たき)川(がわ) • (takigawa) ^{←たきがは (takigafa)^?}

rapids
- 1151, Shika Wakashū (book 7, poem 229), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 77)
  瀬(せ)を早(はや)み岩(いは)にせかるる滝川(たきがは)のわれても末(すゑ)に逢(あ)はむとぞ思(おも)ふ
  se o hayami iwa ni sekaruru takigawa no warete mo sue ni awan to zo omou
  Like a valley stream with rapids blocked by a boulder, though we broke up, in the end we'd meet I know.^[2]

Proper noun

滝川(たきかわ) • (Takikawa) ^{←たきかは (Takikafa)^?}

Takikawa (a city in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan)
a surname

Proper noun

滝(たき)川(がわ) • (Takigawa) ^{←たきがは (Takigafa)^?}

A place name.
a surname

Etymology 2

Other various nanori readings.

Proper noun

滝川(たかかわ) • (Takakawa) ^{←たかかは (Takakafa)^?}

a surname

Proper noun

滝川(たかがわ) • (Takagawa) ^{←たかがは (Takagafa)^?}

a surname

Proper noun

滝川(たかわ) • (Takawa) ^{←たかは (Takafa)^?}

a surname

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Ema Saikō, Hiroaki Sato (1998) Breeze Through Bamboo: Kanshi of Ema Saikō, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 196