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川
JLPT N5 SL1 3 strokes Frequency: #181

Meanings

Stream, River, River Or Three-stroke River Radical (no. 47)

Radicals

川

Decomposition

⿲丿丨丨

Etymology

Ideographic: A river's flow; compare 巛

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 3

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-to-bottom
2 vertical right-to-left
3 vertical right-to-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
セン sen
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
かわ kawa

Words Using This Kanji

196 words total
Other (19 words)
江川る えがわる

to (try to) act like a big-shot

香川県 かがわけん

Kagawa Prefecture (Shikoku)

三途の川 さんずのかわ

Sanzu River (Japanese Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)

山川 さんせん

mountains and rivers

四川 しせん

Sichuan (China)

小川 おがわ

stream

神奈川県 かながわけん

Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)

石川県 いしかわけん

Ishikawa Prefecture (Hokuriku area)

川端 かわばた

riverside

川沿い かわぞい

along the river

川柳 せんりゅう

senryū

川岸 かわぎし

riverbank

滝川 たきがわ

rapids

谷川 たにがわ

mountain stream

天井川 てんじょうがわ

river raised above the surrounding land

堀川 ほりかわ

canal

川面 かわも

river surface

天の川 あまのがわ

Milky Way

河川 かせん

rivers

かわ (1 words)
川上 かわかみ

upper reaches of a river

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