Kanji

川

123

Stroke order data: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)(opens in a new tab)
JLPT N5Jōyō · grade 1freq #1813 strokes

Meanings

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

ES: arroyo, río

On
セン
Kun
かわ

Common words

  • 河川かせんrivers
  • 山川さんせんmountains and rivers
  • 小川おがわstream, brook, creek
  • 川下かわしもdownstream
  • 川岸かわぎしriverbank, riverside
  • 川上かわかみupper reaches of a river, upstream
  • 川端かわばたriverside, riverbank
  • 川柳せんりゅうsenryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem

Example sentences

  • 河川かせんは豪雨ごううで氾濫はんらんしました。

    The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.

    Los ríos se inundaron con la lluvia torrencial.

    Tatoeba #186771(opens in a new tab)
  • この川かわは長ながさ500マイルです。

    This river is 500 miles in length.

    El río tiene 500 millas de longitud.

    Tatoeba #220796(opens in a new tab)
  • 日本の多くの河川は工場の廃液で汚染されている。

    Many rivers in Japan are polluted by waste water from factories.

    Muchos ríos en Japón están contaminados por aguas residuales provenientes de las fábricas.

    Tatoeba #122567(opens in a new tab)
  • その川かわはあまりきれいではなかった。

    The river was not so clean.

    Tatoeba #208510(opens in a new tab)

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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