河口

Chinese

river(s)
creek(s) 		mouth(s)
outlet(s)
simp. and trad.
(河口) 		河 口

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

河口

  1. river mouth; estuary

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Proper noun

河口

  1. (～瑤族自治縣, ～縣) Hekou Yao Autonomous County (a county of Yunnan, China)
  2. (～區) Hekou District (district in Dongying, Shandong province, China)
  3. (～鄉) Hekou (a township in Yuan'an, Yichang, Hubei, China)
  4. (～村) Hekou (a village in Shuanghe, Togtoh, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China)
  5. name of several other towns, townships, subdistricts and villages in China

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
河 口
かわ
Grade: 5 		くち > ぐち
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 河口 – see the following entry.
【川口かわぐち】
[noun] mouth of river, estuary
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, 河口, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
河 口
か
Grade: 5 		こう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かこー [kàkóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ko̞ː]

Noun

河(か)口(こう) • (kakō) 

  1. the mouth of a river, an estuary

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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