三河

Chinese

		three	river
simp. and trad. (三河)		三	河

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Sānhé

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ ho⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sam-hô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Sānhé
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sanhé
    • Wade–Giles: San¹-ho²
    • Yale: Sān-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sanher
    • Palladius: Саньхэ (Sanʹxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ ho⁴
    • Yale: sāam hòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ ho⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ho⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ hɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-hô
    • Tâi-lô: Sam-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samhooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sam³³ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sam⁴⁴⁻²² ho¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ²³/

Proper noun

三河

1. (～市) Sanhe (a county-level city in Langfang, Hebei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
三	河
み Grade: 1	かわ Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Etymology

From the presence of three rivers in the former province: 男(おと)川(がわ) (Otogawa), 豊(とよ)川(かわ) (Toyokawa), and 矢(や)作(はぎ)川(がわ) (Yahagigawa). The name 三川 (Mikawa) is included in the Kojiki.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みかわ [míꜜkàwà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mʲika̠β̞a̠]

Proper noun

三(み)河(かわ) • (Mikawa) ^{←みかは (Mikafa)?}

1. Mikawa Province, an old province of Japan
2. A region in modern Aichi Prefecture where the province was located
3. a surname