I am sorry if this does not belong here, but I do hope it does.

I have been looking into my family name-- Kawano-- and the Kanji that my grandparents and great-grandparents have used for it.

I know for sure about 野, as I can recognize that from the calligraphy.  It's the Kawa that stumps me;  the calligraphy looks something like this:


http://i32.tinypic.com/2llkd3m.jpg

(My sad attempt at recreation of it.)


Is this just a form of 河?  I just want to confirm or disprove it, or something.  The name is supposed to mean "River on the plain", but I've searched through all of the Kanji dictionaries I can find online and I can never seem to find a match.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you! 

Last edited by SequelKMK (2008 April 11, 2:27 am)