四川

Chinese

		four	river; creek; plain river; creek; plain; an area of level country; Sichuan province (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (四川)		四	川
Literally: “four mountain passes”.

Etymology

During the Tang dynasty, the area of what is now Sichuan was administratively divided into three regions based on the main throughfares through the mountains 川道 (“mountain pass (often near a river)”) at the time. During the Song dynasty, these regions were further redivided into four separate regions, giving rise to its modern name.

Proper noun

四川

1. (～省) Sichuan (a province of China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (四川):

• → Japanese: 四(し)川(せん) (Shisen)
• → Korean: 사천(四川) (Sacheon)
• → Vietnamese: Tứ Xuyên (四川)

Others:

• → English: Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan
• → French: Sichuan, Sétchouan
• → Korean: 쓰촨 (Sseuchwan)
• → Manchu: ᠰᡟᠴᡠᠸᠠᠨ (sycuwan)
• → Portuguese: Sichuan, Setsuan, Szechwan, Sujuão
• → Russian: Сычуа́нь (Syčuánʹ)
• → Spanish: Sichuán
• → Zhuang: Swconh

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	川
し Grade: 1	せん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

1. Sichuan

Derived terms

• 四(し)川(せん)語(ご) (Shisengo)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
四	川

Proper noun

四川 • (Sacheon) (hangeul 사천)

1. hanja form^? of 사천 (“Sichuan”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
四	川

Proper noun

四川

1. chữ Hán form of Tứ Xuyên (“Sichuan”).