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川

stream
Stroke count: 3

Readings

On readingセン
Kun readingかわ
JōyōGrade 1
  1. the ... river

Popular Usage

河川

Radicals and components

Radical巛river

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

flood

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 134

Compound words

河川かせん
rivers
山川さんせん
mountains and rivers
小川おがわ
stream; brook; creek
川下かわしも
downstream
川岸かわぎし
riverbank; riverside
川上かわかみ
upper reaches of a river; upstream
川端かわばた
riverside; riverbank
川柳せんりゅう
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
滝川たきがわ
rapids
谷川たにがわ
mountain stream
堀川ほりかわ
canal
川崎かわさき
Kawasaki (city)
松川まつかわ
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
川沿いかわぞい
along the river; riverside
天の川あまのがわ
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
河川敷かせんじき
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
歌川広重うたがわひろしげ
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), ukiyo-e master known for landscape prints such as The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō.
徳川家康とくがわいえやす
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), warlord who unified Japan and founded the Tokugawa shogunate.
徳川吉宗とくがわよしむね
Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684–1751), eighth Tokugawa shogun, known for the Kyōhō Reforms and planting Tokyo's cherry trees.

Stroke Order

3 strokes

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