川

stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

セン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

かわ

Nanori (名乗り)

かこさわ

Stroke Order

3 / 3

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:3

JLPT:N5

Frequency:181

Vocabulary

セン

Word	Reading	Meaning
河川	カセン	rivers
山川	サンセン	mountains and rivers
川柳	センリュウ	senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
四川	シセン	Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
河川工事	カセンコウジ	riparian works

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
山川	やまかわ	mountains and rivers
小川	おがわ	stream; brook; creek
川	かわ	river; stream; River; the ... river
川	がわ	river; stream; River; the ... river
川沿い	かわぞい	along the river; riverside

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

linen, cloth, spread, distribute

other, another, the others

hermit, wizard, cent

rest, day off, retire, sleep

villain, evil, bad luck, disaster

noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac

go-between, relationship

barracks, police station, camp, ton

axe, 1.32 lb, catty, counter for loaves of bread, axe radical (no. 69)