also: まがりがわ
noun
kanji radical 'curving river' (variant of radical 47)
Refers to the kanji radical 巛, a variant of radical 47 (川). This is a technical term used in kanji studies and dictionary contexts, not a word used in everyday language.
「巛」は部首の一つで、「まがりかわ」と呼ばれることがあります。
「巛」 is one of the kanji radicals, sometimes called 'magarikawa'.
川 is the standard kanji for 'river' and radical 47. 巛 is a variant form of this radical, used in characters like 順 and 訓.
The reading まがりかわ literally means 'curving river', describing the shape of the radical 巛. The alternate reading まがりがわ uses the voiced version of かわ. The kanji 巛 is a pictographic variant of 川.