The kanji 川: meaning, readings and stroke order

川

Meaning: river
On reading: セン sen
Kun reading: かわ kawa
Strokes: 3
Radical: 巛 river
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: sông (xuyên)
Japanese: かわ。
Korean: 강, 시내 (천)
Chinese: 河

Readings, words and example sentences

セン sen · on reading

河か川せん
rivers
大雨で 河か川せんの水がふえました。
The heavy rain made the rivers rise.

かわ kawa · kun reading

川かわ
river
村の 川かわでさかなをつります。
I fish in the village river.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.