also: さんか
mountains and rivers; natural landscape
Often used in a poetic or literary sense to evoke the natural world, especially in set phrases like 山河を渡る or 山河を越える.
He continued his journey across mountains and rivers.
This painting depicts the beauty of the natural landscape.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading さんが is the most common.
Alternate reading; less common than さんが.
Compound of 山 (mountain) and 河 (river). The reading さんが is the standard Sino-Japanese reading, while さんか is a less common variant.