河 – river

8 strokesTaught in grade 5#663 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 河 means river. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カ (ka); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かわ (kawa). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カ	ka
Kun’yomi	かわ	kawa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 口・汁・亅・一.

Words using 河

河かわriver運河うんが(navigable) canal河川かせんrivers

Example sentences

この船は大きすぎて運河を通れない。

This ship is too big to pass through the canal.

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河川は豪雨で氾濫しました。

The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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