Kawagoe

Hiragana:かわごえ
Katakana:カワゴエ
Households:aprx. 6,000

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 Kawagoe, kanji choices are listed below, sorted by the households number in Japan.

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川越- Kawagoe -

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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.

越 means "to cross over, to exceed, to surpass."

To cross over or pass through - To go beyond a certain point or boundary.
To exceed - To go beyond a certain limit or degree.
To overcome - To surmount or get over an obstacle or difficulty.
To move away - To become distant or separate.
Far away - To be distant or remote.
Wordy - To be overly long or complicated.
To fall - To stumble or trip.
To scatter - To disperse or break up into pieces.
A country name from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period.
An old name for the Hokuriku region of Japan.
A country name - An abbreviation of “Vietnam”.

Households: aprx. 5,000

河越- Kawagoe -

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.

越 means "to cross over, to exceed, to surpass."

To cross over or pass through - To go beyond a certain point or boundary.
To exceed - To go beyond a certain limit or degree.
To overcome - To surmount or get over an obstacle or difficulty.
To move away - To become distant or separate.
Far away - To be distant or remote.
Wordy - To be overly long or complicated.
To fall - To stumble or trip.
To scatter - To disperse or break up into pieces.
A country name from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period.
An old name for the Hokuriku region of Japan.
A country name - An abbreviation of “Vietnam”.

Households: aprx. 500

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