Surname

Hashikawa

Hashikawa (橋川) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean bridge + river, and Wikidata lists 11 notable people with this family name.

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Written橋川はしかわbridge + river

What Hashikawa means

橋
bridge
川
river

Where the name comes from

Like most Japanese surnames, Hashikawa describes a place. Its kanji point to a bridge and a river, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.

Surnames that share a kanji