Memory phrase for the Kanji: 川

川

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Meaning river

Pronunciation

SEN
kawa

Explanation

Mnemonic
 
Three lines stand for the flow of a river.

Radicals

川 riverThe water 水 is simplified here as three lines and symbolizes the flow of the river.
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 Vocabulary

川 かわ  river
川/河 かわ  river
河川 かせん  rivers
徳川 とくがわ  Tokugawa (shogunate during the Edo period)
天の川 あまのがわ  Milky Way
隅田川 すみだがわ  Sumida River
谷川 たにがわ  mountain stream

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