石川

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 石川(いしかわ) (Ishikawa).

石川

1. (～縣) Ishikawa (a prefecture of Japan)
2. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 石川, Ishikawa

Compound of 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”) + 川(かわ) (kawa, “river”). The kawa changes to gawa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) いしかわ [ìshíkáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [iɕi̥ka̠ɰᵝa̠]

• (Tokyo) いしがわ [ìshígáwá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [iɕiɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

石(いし)川(かわ) • (Ishikawa) ^{←いしかは (isikafa)?}

1. Ishikawa (a prefecture of Japan; capital: Kanazawa)

   Synonym: 石川県 (Ishikawa-ken)

2. Ishikawa (a town in Ishikawa district, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan)
3. A former city in Okinawa island; now part of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.
4. Synonym of 賀茂川 (Kamogawa): a river in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
5. Ishi River (rivers in Japan):
   1. A river in Aichi Prefecture.
   2. A tributary of the Tokiwa, Hokkaido prefecture.
   3. A tributary of the Yamato, Osaka Prefecture.
6. Ishikawa (other places in Japan):
   1. The neighborhoods of Mizuho, Nagoya and of Taketoyo, in Aichi Prefecture.
   2. A neighborhood and train station in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture.
   3. The neighborhoods of Ishioka, Hitachinaka and Mito and of Ami, in Ibaraki Prefecture.
   4. The neighborhoods of Uruma and Motobu, Okinawa Prefecture.
   5. A neighborhood of Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture.
   6. The neighborhoods of Naka, Yokohama and of Fujisawa, in Kanagawa Prefecture.
   7. A neighborhood of Yosano, Kyoto Prefecture.
   8. A neighborhood of Ueki, Kumamoto Prefecture.
   9. A neighborhood of Kohoku, Shiga Prefecture.
   10. The neighborhoods of Shimizu, Shizuoka and of Numazu, in Shizuoka Prefecture.
   11. The neighborhoods of Ichihara and Sakura, Chiba Prefecture.
   12. The neighborhoods of Hachiōji and Ōta, Tokyo prefecture.
   13. A neighborhood of Fujioka, Tochigi Prefecture.
   14. The neighborhoods of Kashihara and Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture.
   15. The neighborhoods of Kamo and Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture.
   16. A neighborhood of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture.
   17. The neighborhoods of Hakodate and Muroran, Hokkaido prefecture.
   18. A neighborhood of Iga, Mie Prefecture.
   19. A neighborhood of Shinjō, Yamagata Prefecture.
7. a surname

   石(いし)川(かわ)馨(かおる)

   Ishikawa Kaoru

   Kaoru Ishikawa, organizational theorist known for the Ishikawa diagram

石(いし)川(がわ) • (Ishigawa) ^{←いしがは (isigafa)?}

1. Ishi River (rivers in Japan):
   1. A river in Aichi Prefecture.
   2. A river in Niigata Prefecture.
   3. A tributary of the Sai, Ishikawa Prefecture.
   4. A tributary of the Sabaishi, Niigata Prefecture.
   5. A tributary of the Hikimi, Shimane Prefecture.

• → Chinese: 石川 (Shíchuān)
• → English: Ishikawa, Ishigawa