Hirakawa

Hiragana:ひらかわ
Katakana:ヒラカワ
Households:aprx. 10,000

Names and Meanings by Kanji - 2 variations

In Japanese, there is a culture of kanji which is a set of characters that originated from Chinese characters, and the meaning of the name changes according to the choice of kanji characters.
Even surnames with the same reading have different meanings depending on how the kanji characters are applied.
For Hirakawa, kanji choices are listed below, sorted by the households number in Japan.

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平川- Hirakawa -

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平 means "flat, even, level."

Flat, Even, Smooth - Without any bumps or dips.
Calm, Peaceful - Without any bias or inequality.
To Level, Calm, Rule - To make even or peaceful.
Ordinary, Normal - Without anything special.
To Settle, Settle Down - To become orderly or peaceful.

川 means "river, stream, brook."

River - A natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river.
Stream - A small, narrow river or a body of flowing water.

Households: aprx. 10,000

平河- Hirakawa -

平 means "flat, even, level."

Flat, Even, Smooth - Without any bumps or dips.
Calm, Peaceful - Without any bias or inequality.
To Level, Calm, Rule - To make even or peaceful.
Ordinary, Normal - Without anything special.
To Settle, Settle Down - To become orderly or peaceful.

河 means "river, stream, watercourse."

River - A large river, such as the Yellow River in China.
Milky Way - The celestial river in the night sky.

Households: aprx. 400

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