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The kanji 河: meaning, readings and stroke order
河
- Meaning
- big river
- On reading
- カ ka
- Kun reading
- かわ kawa
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- sông lớn (hà)
- Japanese
- おおきな かわ。
- Korean
- 큰 강 (하)
- Chinese
- 大河、河流
Readings, words and example sentences
カ ka · on reading
運河
canal
大きな 船が 運河を 通ります。
A big ship goes through the canal.
かわ kawa · kun reading · less common
河
big river
橋で 大きな 河を わたります。
I cross a big river on a bridge.
Practise writing 河 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 河 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 5 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.