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川

N5

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • stream
  • river
  • river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

On'yomi (音読み)

  • セン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • かわ
Strokes
3
JLPT Level
N5
Frequency
#52
School Grade
Grade 1
Radical
巛#47 · river

Components

Common Words

  • 川かわNoun
    river, stream
  • 小川おがわNoun
    stream, brook, creek
  • 河川かせんNoun
    rivers
  • 谷川たにがわNoun
    mountain stream
  • 川口かこうNoun
    mouth of river, estuary
  • 川上かわかみNoun
    upper reaches of a river, upstream
  • 川柳せんりゅうNoun
    senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
  • 川端かわばたNoun
    riverside, riverbank

Practice in Kanjiru

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