川 : Stream

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

On 'yomi:

セン(sen)

Kun 'yomi:

かわ(kawa)

Nanori:

か(ka) こ(ko) さわ(sawa)

Strokes:	3
Radical:	川 (47)
Usage Rating:	181

JLPT:	N5
old JLPT:	4
Grade:	1

Unicode:	05ddd
jis208:	32-78

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川 Usage examples

どぶ川(どぶがわ) 溝川(どぶがわ)	ditch with running water, drainage channel
川向こう(かわむこう)	the other side of the tracks, place where lower class people live
川流れ(かわながれ)	cancellation, standing up, breaking a promise
川を下る(かわをくだる)	to descend a river
川を越える(かわをこえる)	to cross a river
徳川家(とくがわけ)	the House of Tokugawa, the Tokugawas
徳川勢(とくがわぜい)	Tokugawa forces
山川(やまがわ)	mountain rivers
今川焼き(いまがわやき) 今川焼(いまがわやき)	Japanese muffin containing bean jam, served hot
川舟(かせん) 川船(かせん)	riverboat, rivercraft
川海豚(カワイルカ)	river dolphin
河川工学(かせんこうがく)	river engineering
川縁(かわべり) 川べり(かわべり)	riverbank, riverside
山川草木(さんせんそうもく)	nature, natural scenery
山川万里(さんせんばんり)	being far away across mountains and rivers
暴れ川(あばれがわ)	river which often overflows its banks
笑い川蝉(ワライカワセミ)	laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
川施餓鬼(かわせがき)	Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river, offering to suffering spirits at the river
川釣り(かわづり) 川釣(かわづり)	river fishing
川波(かわなみ)	ripples on a river
隅田川花火大会(すみだがわはなびたいかい)	Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
川崎七分(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
樋川(ひがあ)	(water) spring