川 — river, stream

かわ川 river

かわ

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.

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Meanings

river
stream

Readings

On'yomi: せん sen
Kun'yomi: かわ kawa

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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).

山(さん) 川(せん) sansen mountains and rivers 河(か) 川(せん) kasen rivers 河(か) 川(せん) 敷(じき) kasenjiki flood plain

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S = secondary school · 11 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

山と言えば川慣用句

say mountain and one counters with river

河童の川流れ諺

A kappa getting carried away by the river

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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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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).

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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

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Meanings

Readings

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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).

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).

Words by frequency and grade

Appears in idioms

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.

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).