Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

663 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: river

Kunyomi: かわ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

川(かせん)   rivers and streams

口(かこう)   mouth of river, estuary

(うんが)   canal, waterway

(ぎんが)   Milky Way, galaxy

(たいが)   large river

岸(うおがし)   riverside fish market

(かわ)   river, stream

底(かわぞこ)   river bed

原(かわら)   dry river bed, river beach

*豚(ふぐ)   fugu, blowfish

Onyomi Examples

ホー discarded tiles, discards

カワ river, stream, River, the ... river

セイガ Milky Way

暴虎馮 ボウコヒョウガ foolhardy courage

Kunyomi Examples

かわ river, stream, River, the ... river

ホー discarded tiles, discards

おいかわ freshwater minnow, pale chub (Zacco platypus)

こいかわ oceans of love