# 河内
## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 河内 – see 河內 (“Hanoi, the capital city of Socialist Republic of Vietnam.; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 河內).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 河 | 内 |
| かわ Grade: 5 | ち Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | irregular |
* Alternative spelling
* 河內 (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term :
| 河 | 内 |
| かわ Grade: 5 | うち Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 河內 (kyūjitai)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かわち [kàwáchí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠β̞a̠t͡ɕi]
* IPA: [ka̠β̞a̠ɯ̟t͡ɕi]

#### Proper noun

河(かわ)内(ち) • (Kawachi)
* Kawachi Province (a former province of Japan)
    Synonym: 河州 (kashū)
* Kawachi (places in Japan):
** A town in Ibaraki prefecture.
** A town in Tochigi prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Anamizu and Tsubata, Ishikawa prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Higashiōsaka, Osaka prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Tosu, Saga prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Taga, Shiga prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Okuizumo, Shimane prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Yahatahigashi, Kitakyushu and of Setaka, in Fukuoka prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Takachiho, Miyagi prefecture.
* a surname

#### Proper noun

河(かわ)内(うち) • (Kawauchi)
* Kawauchi (neighborhoods in Japan):
** A neighborhood of Ikata, Ehime prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Shimanto and Tōyō, Kōchi prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Tōkamachi and Kamihayashi, Niigata prefecture.
* a surname

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 河 | 内 |
| こうち ||
| Grade: 5 | Grade: 2 |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spelling
* 河內 (kyūjitai)
Sound change of compound of 河(かわ) (kawa, “river”) + 内(うち) (uchi, “inside”). Literally, “in the river”.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こーち [kóꜜòchì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ko̞ːt͡ɕi]

#### Noun

河内(こうち) • (kōchi)
* plain opened up in a river basin

#### Proper noun

河内(こうち) • (Kōchi)
* Kōchi (places in Japan):
** A neighborhood of Niihama, Ehime prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Beppu, Ōita prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Mimasaka and Kagamino, Okayama prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Hiratsuka, Kanagawa prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Shimizu, Shizuoka and of Shimoda, in Shizuoka prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Hamada, Shimane prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Okutama, Tokyo prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Mugi, Tokushima prefecture.
** A neighborhood of Tottori, Tottori prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Awaji and Kasai, Hyōgo prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Fukui and of Ikeda, Minamiechizen and Wakasa, in Fukui prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Toba and Minamiise, Mie prefecture.
** The neighborhoods of Kudamatsu and Shūnan, Yamaguchi prefecture.
** A train station in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima prefecture. (Can we verify this sense?)
* a surname

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 河 | 内 |
| かわのうち ||
| Grade: 5 | Grade: 2 |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spelling
* 河內 (kyūjitai)
Abbreviation of 河の内 (kawa no uchi, “inside of the river”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かわのうち [kàwánóúchí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠β̞a̠no̞ɯ̟t͡ɕi]

#### Proper noun

河内(かわのうち) • (Kawanouchi)
* Kawanouchi (a neighborhood of Uchiko, Ehime prefecture)

### Etymology 4

Kanji in this term :
| 河 | 内 |
| か Grade: 5 | だい Grade: 2 |
| kan'on ||
* Alternative spelling
* 河內 (kyūjitai)
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 河內 / 河内 (Hénèi).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠da̠i]

#### Proper noun

河(か)内(だい) • (Kadai)
* Henei (former commandery of China to the north of Yellow River, now in Henan, China)

### Etymology 5

Kanji in this term :
| 河 | 内 |
| ハ Grade: 5 | ノイ Grade: 2 |
| irregular ||
* Alternative spelling
* 河內 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 河内 – see the following entry. :
| 【ハノイ】 | [proper noun] Hanoi (a city, the capital city of Vietnam) |
(This term, 河内, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* https://jisho.org/word/河内