河 — kanji meaning “river”
河
river
- Meanings
- river
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)
- Kun'yomi
- かわ
- Name readings
- かっ、こ、こう
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #663 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- hé — Chinese character page
Words with 河
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 銀河 | ぎんが ginga | Milky Way |
| 河川 | かせん kasen | rivers |
| 大河 | たいが taiga | large river |
| 河原 | かわら kawara | dry riverbed; river beach |
| 運河 | うんが unga | (navigable) canal; waterway |
| 河口 | かこう kakou | mouth of river; estuary |
| 河川敷 | かせんじき kasenjiki | flood plain; river terrace; riverside area |
| 氷河 | ひょうが hyouga | glacier |
| 銀河系 | ぎんがけい gingakei | Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy |
| 河童 | かっぱ kappa | kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature |
| 河畔 | かはん kahan | riverside |
| 山河 | さんが sanga | mountains and rivers; natural surroundings |
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