川 — river, stream

かわ川 river

Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 3 strokes nature

U+5DDD Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #181 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #127 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

river
stream

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かわ・がわ kawa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

川(かわ) kawa river 石(いし) 川(かわ) ishikawa Ishikawa 小(お) 川(がわ) ogawa stream 中(なか) 川(がわ) nakagawa Nakagawa (surname/place) 立(たち) 川(かわ) tachikawa Tachikawa (place name) 早(はや) 川(かわ) hayakawa Hayakawa (surname) 山(やま) 川(かわ) yamakawa mountains and rivers 川(かわ) 上(かみ) kawakami upstream

せん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

河(か) 川(せん) kasen rivers

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巛 river

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しゅう州 state じゅん順 obey くん訓 instruction あら荒 laid waste

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#47 巛 river

川 — river, stream

Meanings

word

かわ・がわ kawa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

せん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (4)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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川 — river, stream

Meanings

word

かわ ・がわ kawa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

せん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (4)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

かわ・がわ kawa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).