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川
Grade Level: 1
JLPT Level: 4
Frequency: 181
Bushu (Radical) Info:
川 (セン, かわ)
stream; river
巛 (まがりがわ)
crooked river
Henshall Mnemonic:
river flowing between banks
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Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 3 Strokes
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On-Yomi Reading(s):
セン
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Kun-Yomi Reading(s):
かわ
か
こ
さわ
さんぼんがわ
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English Meaning(s):
stream
river
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Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji:
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- 河川 [かせん]
(n) rivers [K] [D]
- 河川敷 [かせんしき]
(n) (dry) riverbed [K] [D]
- 古川 [ふるかわ]
(n) old river [K] [D]
- 江戸川 [えどがわ]
Edo River [K] [D]
- 山川 [さんせん]
(n) mountains and rivers [K] [D]
- 小川 [おがわ]
(n) streamlet; brook [K] [D]
- 川 [かわ]
(n) river [K] [D]
- 川沿い [かわぞい]
(n) along the river [K] [D]
- 川下 [かわしも]
(n) downstream [K] [D]
- 川岸 [かわぎし]
(n) river bank [K] [D]
- 川原 [かわら]
(n) dry river bed; river beach [K] [D]
- 川口 [かわぐち]
(n) mouth of a river [K] [D]
- 川上 [かわかみ]
(n) upper reaches of a river [K] [D]
- 川端 [かわばた]
(n) riverbank [K] [D]
- 川柳 [せんりゅう]
(n) comic haiku [K] [D]
- 滝川 [たきがわ]
(n) rapids [K] [D]
- 谷川 [たにがわ]
(n) valley river [K] [D]
- 天の川 [あまのがわ]
(n) Milky Way [K] [D]
- 堀川 [ほりかわ]
(n) canal [K] [D]
- 淀川 [よどがわ]
river in Osaka Prefecture [K] [D]
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