Surname
Yukawa
Yukawa (湯川) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean hot water + river, and Wikidata lists 24 notable people with this family name.
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What Yukawa means
湯
hot water, hot spring
川
river
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Yukawa describes a place. Its kanji point to a river, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.