河

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: かわ

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: さんずい(氵)

Meaning

River / Stream / Waterway

  • 河川かせん — rivers / waterways
  • 銀河ぎんが — galaxy / Milky Way
  • 黄河こうが — Yellow River (China)
  • 山河さんが — mountains and rivers
  • 運河うんが — canal / waterway
  • 大河たいが — great river

河 combines the water radical 氵 with the phonetic 可, indicating a sizeable flowing body of water. It is common in geographic names and compounds.

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