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Radical Index : : 川

さんぼんがわ, ,
セン, かわ, , さわ
stream, river
This kanji has 3 strokes: 3 strokes in the "river" radical (まがりがわ) and 0 other strokes
Sample Compounds (128):
1.

たにがわ

mountain stream
2.

あまのがわ

Milky Way
3.

さんせん

mountains and rivers
4.
沿
かわぞい

along the river, riverside
5.

かわしも

downstream
6.

かせん

rivers
7.

おがわ

streamlet, brook
8.

かわかみ

upper reaches of a river
9.

かせんしき

(dry) riverbed
10.

かわぎし

river bank, riverside, fish market
11.

せんりゅう

comic haiku
12.

かわ

river, stream, the .... river, (suffix used with the names of rivers)
13.

かわばた

riverbank
14.

えどがわ

Edo River
15.

かわら

dry river bed, river beach
16.

ほりかわ

canal
17.

かわぐち

mouth of river, estuary
18.

よどがわ

river in Osaka Prefecture
19.

たきがわ

rapids
20.

かわう

great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
21.
便
さがわきゅうびん

Sagawa Express (parcel delivery company)
22.

かわやつめ

arctic lamprey (Lethenteron japonicum)
23.
アマゾン
アマゾンがわ

Amazon River
24.

かわさき

Kawasaki (city)
25.

かわごえ

crossing a river
26.

あまのかわ

Milky Way
27.

さんずのかわ

(Buddh) Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
28.

かわやつめ

arctic lamprey (Lethenteron japonicum)
29.
ガンビア
ガンビアがわ

Gambia
30.

かわさきしちぶ

type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
31.

かわごし

crossing a river
32.

かわかぜ

breeze off a river
33.
ボルガ
ボルガがわ

Volga (River)
34.

かわせがき

Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river, offering to suffering spirits at the river
35.

てんじょうがわ

river raised above the surrounding land
36.

やまかわ

mountains and rivers
37.

かわはば

width of a river
38.
ライン
ラインがわ

(river) Rhine
39.

かわどめ

suspension of ferry service
40.

かわぶち

riverside
41.

とくがわけ

the House of Tokugawa, the Tokugawas
42.

やまがわ

mountain rivers
43.

かわべ

riverside, edge of a river
44.

あべかわもち

(food) rice cakes (mochi) with Kinako
45.

かわへび

Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
46.

かわべり

riverbank, riverside
47.

とくがわじだい

Tokugawa period (i.e., the Edo period, 1600-1867 CE)
48.

さんせんそうもく

nature, natural scenery
49.

かわぎり

river mist
50.

よこがわきゅうちゅう

Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke)
51.

かわす

sandbank in a river
52.

とくがわぜい

Tokugawa forces
53.

さんせんばんり

being far away across mountains and rivers
54.

かわあかり

glow of river in darkness
55.

かわあいさ

common merganser
56.

かわくだり

going downstream (in a boat)
57.

とくがわがた

Tokugawa''s side
58.

しせん

Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan
59.

かわづら

river surface
60.

かせんこうがく

river engineering
61.

かわどこ

riverbed
62.

かわえび

crawfish
63.

とくがわばくふ

Tokugawa shogunate (i.e., the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
64.

かわも

river surface
65.

かせんこうじ

riparian works
66.

かわいるか

river dolphin
67.

しらかわよふね

being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one), know-it-all manner
68.

みやまがわとんぼ

Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)
69.

かわやぎ

riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow)
70.

かわじり

mouth of a river, lower stream
71.

かわびらき

festival marking the start of boating season
72.

しらかわよぶね

being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one), know-it-all manner
73.

かながわけん

Kanagawa prefecture (Kantou area)
74.

かわやなぎ

riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow)
75.

かせんじき

(dry) riverbed
76.

かわせ

rapids, shallows of a river
77.

しらかわよふね

being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one), know-it-all manner
78.

いしかわけん

Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
79.

かっぱのかわながれ

anyone can make a mistake, even Homer sometimes nods
80.

かわせみ

kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
81.

かわうお

river fish, freshwater fish
82.

しらかわよぶね

being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one), know-it-all manner
83.

かわあそび

boating or swimming in a river
84.

よしかわしんとう

Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)
85.

かわぶね

riverboat, rivercraft
86.

かわざかな

river fish, freshwater fish
87.

ひがあ

(water) spring
88.

がわ

the .... river, (suffix used with the names of rivers)
89.

かわやなぎ

riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow)
90.

すみだがわはなびたいかい

Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
91.

かわねずみ

Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
92.

かわうおりょうり

freshwater fish cuisine
93.

ひがわ

(water) spring
94.
から
かわからみずをひく

to draw water off a river
95.

かわながれ

being carried away by a current
96.

ふるかわ

old river
97.

かわすじ

course of a river, land along a river
98.

ふじかわ

river in Shizuoka Prefecture
99.
かる
かわにかかるはし

bridge spanning a river
100.

かわじ

river''s course
101.

みたらしがわ

river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine
102.

かわたけ

bamboo growing along a river bank, Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides), giant timber bamboo, madake, Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii), prostitute, the life of a prostitute
103.

かわはら

dry river bed, river beach
104.

あばれがわ

river which often overflows its banks
105.

かわのおも

river surface
106.

かわうそ

otter (esp. the Japanese river otter, Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
107.

かわむし

aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)
108.
られてしくなる
かわはみられてうつくしくなる

take care of the river and it becomes beautiful
109.

かわとんぼ

broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)
110.

えがわる

to (try to) act like a big-shot
111.

かわづり

river fishing
112.

かわらひわ

Oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
113.

きそがわ

river in Gifu Prefecture
114.
べり
かわべり

riverbank, riverside
115.

かわげら

stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)
116.

どぶがわ

ditch with running water
117.

かわぞこ

riverbed
118.

やながわなべ

soup prepared with dojou
119.
える
かわをこえる

to cross a river
120.

たまがわ

river running between Tokyo-to and Kanagawa Prefecture
121.

かがわけん

Kagawa prefecture (Shikoku)
122.

かわづたい

following a river
123.
かい
かわむかい

across a river
124.

かわをくだる

to descend a river
125.

いまがわやき

Japanese muffin containing bean jam, served hot
126.

かわなみ

ripples on a river
127.
こう
かわむこう

to be on the other side of a river
128.

はらえがわ

river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying

Kuten Code: 3278
EUC Code: c0ee
Shift-JIS Code: 90ec
JIS Code: 406e
Unicode: 5ddd
Radical Index: 47
Frequency Rank: 181
Jouyou Grade: 1
DeRoo Code: 1254
Four Corner code: 2200.0
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 6
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 1447
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 1526
"Japanese For Busy People" Index: 2.10
"The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power" Index: 196
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 548
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 59
"Kanji in Context" Index: 101
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 1
"Essential Kanji" Index: 41
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 39
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 21
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 0a3.2
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 33
Morohashi Index: 8673
Morohashi Volume.Page: 4.326
Gakken Index: 48
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 111
"Japanese Names" Index: 127
Korean Reading: cheon
Pinyin: chuan1

Radical Index : : 川

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