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河

River
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingカ
Kun readingかわ
JōyōGrade 5Level 26
  1. the ... river

Popular Usage

運河河川

Radicals and components

Radical水water氵variant氺variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · can · street (行) · nail · spike · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 157

Compound words

運河うんが
(navigable) canal; waterway
河童かっぱ
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori
河川かせん
rivers
河畔かはん
riverside
銀河ぎんが
Milky Way; galaxy
氷河ひょうが
glacier
河口かこう
mouth of river; estuary
大河たいが
large river
河原かわら
dry riverbed; river beach
河川敷かせんじき
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
黄河こうが
Yellow River (China)
河港かこう
river port
河鹿カジカ
kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
河床かしょう
riverbed
河水かすい
river water
河豚ふぐ
puffer fish
河内ハノイ
Hanoi (Vietnam)
河鱒かわます
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
河獺かわうそ
otter (Lutra lutra)
河鰉かわひがい
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)
駿河するが
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
お河童おかっぱ
bobbed hair
烏河豚からす
Chinese puffer (Takifugu chinensis)
河原艾かわらよもぎ
capillary artemisia (Artemisia capillaris)

Additional Examples

船はスエズ運河を通り抜けた。
The ship went through the Suez Canal.tatoeba
駿河湾から見た富士山は美しい。
Mt. Fuji as seen from Suruga Bay is beautiful.tatoeba
流入する主な河川
Major rivers flowing into Lake Biwawiki
東舞鶴最大の河川。
It is the biggest river in Higashi Maizuru.wiki

Stroke Order

8 strokes

River. 氵 (water) + 可 — a large river.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 河

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step