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川 — 3 strokes ／ Radical「川」

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10Elementary year 1 ／ 3 strokes ／ Radical「川」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
かわkawa
Meaning
river

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STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of flowing water.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセンせんsen川柳せんりゅう河川かせん
Kunかわkawa川かわ川岸かわぎし小川おがわ

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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 川かわ

    river

  • 山川さんせん

    mountains and rivers

More words with this kanji

  • 谷川たにがわ
  • 川岸かわぎし
  • 神奈川かながわ
  • 川柳せんりゅう
  • 淀川よどがわ
  • 川魚かわうお

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

川(かわ)で およぎます。

I swim in the river.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

山川川山mounta…千thousa…先ahead仙hermit占occupy仟thousa…
CompoundReading

Compound

Map of radical 川Map of reading センAll maps

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