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河 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
カか · ka
Kun
かわkawa
Meaning
river; large river

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" plus 可; originally the great bending Yellow River — hence "a large river."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカかka河川かせん河口かわぐち運河うんが
Kunかわkawa河かわ

Compare: 川

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 河口かこう

    river mouth; estuary

  • 運河うんが

    canal

More words with this kanji

  • 河畔かはん
  • 河豚ふぐ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

船(ふね)が河口(かこう)を出(で)て海(うみ)へ向(む)かう。

The ship leaves the river mouth and heads to sea.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading カAll maps

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