河内

See also: 河內

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^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠t͡ɕi]

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠ɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Proper noun

河(かわ)内(ち) • (Kawachi) ^{←かはち (kafati)?}

1. Kawachi Province (a former province of Japan)

   Synonym: 河州 (kashū)

2. Kawachi (places in Japan):
   1. A town in Ibaraki Prefecture.
   2. A town in Tochigi Prefecture.
   3. The neighborhoods of Anamizu and Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture.
   4. A neighborhood of Higashiōsaka, Osaka Prefecture.
   5. A neighborhood of Tosu, Saga Prefecture.
   6. A neighborhood of Taga, Shiga Prefecture.
   7. A neighborhood of Okuizumo, Shimane Prefecture.
   8. The neighborhoods of Yahatahigashi, Kitakyushu and of Setaka, in Fukuoka Prefecture.
   9. A neighborhood of Takachiho, Miyagi Prefecture.
3. a surname

河(かわ)内(うち) • (Kawauchi) ^{←かはうち (kafauti)?}

1. Kawauchi (neighborhoods in Japan):
   1. A neighborhood of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture.
   2. The neighborhoods of Shimanto and Tōyō, Kōchi Prefecture.
   3. The neighborhoods of Tōkamachi and Kamihayashi, Niigata Prefecture.
2. 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^(key): [ko̞ːt͡ɕi]

Noun

河内(こうち) • (kōchi) ^{←かふち (kafuti)?}

1. plain opened up in a river basin

Proper noun

河内(こうち) • (Kōchi) ^{←かふち (kafuti)?}

1. Kōchi (places in Japan):
   1. A neighborhood of Niihama, Ehime Prefecture.
   2. A neighborhood of Beppu, Ōita Prefecture.
   3. The neighborhoods of Mimasaka and Kagamino, Okayama Prefecture.
   4. A neighborhood of Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
   5. The neighborhoods of Shimizu, Shizuoka and of Shimoda, in Shizuoka Prefecture.
   6. A neighborhood of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture.
   7. A neighborhood of Okutama, Tokyo prefecture.
   8. A neighborhood of Mugi, Tokushima Prefecture.
   9. A neighborhood of Tottori, Tottori Prefecture.
   10. The neighborhoods of Awaji and Kasai, Hyōgo Prefecture.
   11. The neighborhoods of Fukui and of Ikeda, Minamiechizen and Wakasa, in Fukui Prefecture.
   12. The neighborhoods of Toba and Minamiise, Mie Prefecture.
   13. The neighborhoods of Kudamatsu and Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
   14. A train station in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture.
2. 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^(key): [ka̠ɰᵝa̠no̞ɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Proper noun

河内(かわのうち) • (Kawanouchi) ^{←かはのうち (kafanouti)?}

1. 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^(key): [ka̠da̠i]

Proper noun

河(か)内(だい) • (Kadai) 

1. 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