川 — kanji meaning “stream”
川
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
- Meanings
- stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
- On'yomi
- セン (sen)
- Kun'yomi
- かわ
- Name readings
- か、こ、さわ
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #181 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 47
- Chinese reading
- chuān — Chinese character page
Words with 川
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小川 | おがわ ogawa | stream; brook; creek |
| 河川 | かせん kasen | rivers |
| 川上 | かわかみ kawakami | upper reaches of a river; upstream |
| 谷川 | たにがわ tanigawa | mountain stream |
| 川柳 | せんりゅう senryuu | senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem |
| 川岸 | かわぎし kawagishi | riverbank; riverside |
| 河川敷 | かせんじき kasenjiki | flood plain; river terrace; riverside area |
| 川端 | かわばた kawabata | riverside; riverbank |
| 堀川 | ほりかわ horikawa | canal |
| 川崎 | かわさき kawasaki | Kawasaki (city) |
| 山川 | さんせん sansen | mountains and rivers |
| 滝川 | たきがわ takigawa | rapids |
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