Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 湯川(Japanese Kanji) ゆかわ(Japanese Hiragana) ユカワ(Japanese Katakana) Pronounced Pron. /jɯᵝ.kä.ɰᵝä/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".