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河
Kanji meaning "river"
Stroke order
Jiten frequency #1143
JLPT N2
Grade 5
Kanken Level 6
WaniKani Level 26
RTK
KLC Volume 5
TMW Major Idol
8 strokes
Meanings
river
On'yomi
カ
Kun'yomi
かわ
Stroke order
(8 strokes)
Composed of
氵
water
radical
可
can
phonetic
Components and stroke order from
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Reading usage
かわ
826 (60%)
が
256 (19%)
か
193 (14%)
がわ
96 (7%)
こう
3 (0%)
ごう
2 (0%)
ほー
1 (0%)
ら
1 (0%)
河
(
かわ
)
river
#16554
河野
(
かわの
)
Kawano
#51147
三
(
み
)
河
(
かわ
)
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
#52773
白河
(
しらかわ
)
Shirakawa
#54516
河村
(
かわむら
)
Kawamura
#72363
河内
(
かわうち
)
Kawauchi
#80877
河原町
(
かわはらちょう
)
Kawaharachō
#83537
河田
(
かわた
)
Kawata
#90669
河
(
かわ
)
辺
(
べ
)
riverside
#94042
河本
(
かわもと
)
Kawamoto
#94207
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Most common words using this kanji
河原
(
かわら
)
dry riverbed
#16275
河
(
かわ
)
river
#16554
銀
(
ぎん
)
河
(
が
)
Milky Way
#17622
大
(
たい
)
河
(
が
)
large river
#24944
河
(
か
)
川
(
せん
)
敷
(
じき
)
flood plain
#28637
河
(
か
)
川
(
せん
)
rivers
#33351
運
(
うん
)
河
(
が
)
(navigable) canal
#36344
河童
(
かっぱ
)
kappa
#37781
河
(
か
)
口
(
こう
)
mouth of river
#42601
氷
(
ひょう
)
河
(
が
)
glacier
#44153
銀
(
ぎん
)
河
(
が
)
系
(
けい
)
Milky Way galaxy
#44275
氷
(
ひょう
)
河
(
が
)
期
(
き
)
glacial period
#47874
河合
(
かあい
)
Kaai
#48425
河岸
(
かし
)
riverbank
#48447
河野
(
かわの
)
Kawano
#51147
駿河
(
するが
)
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
#51951
三
(
み
)
河
(
かわ
)
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
#52773
白河
(
しらかわ
)
Shirakawa
#54516
渡
(
と
)
河
(
か
)
crossing a river
#63153
山
(
さん
)
河
(
が
)
mountains and rivers
#64477
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