# 石川
## Chinese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Shíchuān
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sek$^6$ cyun$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Shíchuān
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄔㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhchuan
*** Wade–Giles: Shih$^2$-chʻuan$^1$
*** Yale: Shŕ-chwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrchuan
*** Palladius: Шичуань (Šičuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sek$^6$ cyun$^1$
*** Yale: sehk chyūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sek$^9$ tsyn$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ség$^6$ qun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛːk̚² t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

### Proper noun

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

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 石 | 川 |
| いし Grade: 1 | かわ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 石 | 川 |
| いし Grade: 1 | かわ > がわ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いしかわ [ìshíkáwá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [iɕi̥ka̠β̞a̠]
* (Tokyo) いしがわ [ìshígáwá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [iɕiɡa̠β̞a̠]

### Proper noun

石(いし)川(かわ) • (Ishikawa)
* Ishikawa (a prefecture of Japan; capital: Kanazawa)
    Synonym: 石川県 (Ishikawa-ken)
* Ishikawa (a town in Ishikawa district, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan)
* A former city in Okinawa island; now part of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.
* Synonym of 賀茂川 (Kamogawa): a river in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
* Ishi River (rivers in Japan):
** A river in Aichi Prefecture.
** A tributary of the Tokiwa, Hokkaido prefecture.
** A tributary of the Yamato, Osaka Prefecture.
* Ishikawa (other places in Japan):
** The neighborhoods of Mizuho, Nagoya and of Taketoyo, in Aichi Prefecture.
** A neighborhood and train station in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Ishioka, Hitachinaka and Mito and of Ami, in Ibaraki Prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Uruma and Motobu, Okinawa Prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Naka, Yokohama and of Fujisawa, in Kanagawa Prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Yosano, Kyoto Prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Ueki, Kumamoto Prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Kohoku, Shiga Prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Shimizu, Shizuoka and of Numazu, in Shizuoka Prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Ichihara and Sakura, Chiba Prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Hachiōji and Ōta, Tokyo prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Fujioka, Tochigi Prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Kashihara and Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Kamo and Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Hakodate and Muroran, Hokkaido prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Iga, Mie Prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Shinjō, Yamagata Prefecture.
* 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)
* Ishi River (rivers in Japan):
** A river in Aichi Prefecture.
** A river in Niigata Prefecture.
** A tributary of the Sai, Ishikawa Prefecture.
** A tributary of the Sabaishi, Niigata Prefecture.
** A tributary of the Hikimi, Shimane Prefecture.

#### Descendants

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

### References

* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN