川

Descendants

 * ( character derived from )
 * ( character derived from )

Glyph origin
– compare.

Etymology
The Middle and Old Chinese reconstruction of this word is phonologically problematic :
 * notes that the Middle Chinese form is irregular based on evidence from  rimes.
 * Based on velar contacts in the same phonetic series, e.g., and ,  and  reconstruct the word with a velar initial , which undergoes irregular palatalization in the development to Middle Chinese.
 * Based on other characters in the same phonetic series, e.g. and, , and later, , reconstructs 川 with a lateral initial and suggests that only a *t- prefix would account for the Middle Chinese initial.

relates this word to 🇨🇬, whence, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. notes that this does not account for the *-n coda.

instead compares it to 🇨🇬, whence, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; this depends on a reconstruction with a dental initial and requires positing an *‑n suffix not present in Tibeto-Burman languages.

Definitions

 * 1) river; stream; brook
 * 2) plain
 * 3) road
 * 1) plain
 * 2) road
 * 1) plain
 * 2) road
 * 1) road

Kanji

 * 1) river

Etymology
From, from.

First attested in the  of 712.

Noun

 * 1) river, stream, brook

Etymology
From.