川

Meaning

川 centers on flowing water in a channel: a river or stream. The radical sense is the same visible river shape used as a component in other characters.

• 川かわ
  N5

  river; stream

• 神奈川かながわ

  Kanagawa (prefecture)

• 石川いしかわ

  Ishikawa (prefecture)

• 川崎かわさき

  Kawasaki (city)

• 香川かがわ

  Kagawa (prefecture)

• 小川おがわ
  N1

  stream; brook; creek

• 川上かわかみ

  upper reaches of a river; upstream

• 大川おおかわ

  big river

• 河川かせん
  N2

  rivers

• 堀川ほりかわ

  canal

• 古川ふるかわ

  old river

• 谷川たにがわ

  mountain stream

• 川柳せんりゅう

  senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem

• 山川さんせん

  mountains and rivers

• 河川敷かせんじき

  flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank

• 川獺かわうそ

  otter (Lutra lutra)

• 川端かわばた

  riverside; riverbank

• 滝川たきがわ

  rapids

• 佐川急便さがわきゅうびん

  Sagawa Express (parcel delivery company)

• 芥川賞あくたがわしょう

  Akutagawa Prize (literary award)

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