Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
river
Kun:
かわ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
663 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
  • 川 【カワ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 星河 【セイガ】 Milky Way
  • 暴虎馮河 【ボウコヒョウガ】 foolhardy courage

Kun reading compounds

  • 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
  • 追河 【おいかわ】 pale chub (Zacco platypus), freshwater minnow
  • 恋河 【こいかわ】 oceans of love

Readings

Japanese names:
かっ、 こ、 こう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • río
  • corriente

Portuguese

  • rio

French

  • rivière
  • fleuve
561 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
658 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
628 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
698 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2530 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
633 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
669 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
597 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
389 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
391 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1127 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1170 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
394 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
251 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
298 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
148 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17245 Morohashi
336 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3102 New Nelson (John Haig)
146 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
157 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
679 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
349 2001 Kanji
3a5.30 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3112.0 Four corner code
1-18-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cb3 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Kun:
かわ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
  • 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
  • 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
  • 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan

Kun reading compounds

  • 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
  • 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
  • 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 こ、 さわ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chuan1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • arroyo
  • río

Portuguese

  • corrente
  • rio

French

  • rivière
  • fleuve
  • radical rivière (no. 47)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
59 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
48 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
111 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1447 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
41 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
49 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
20 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
33 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
101 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
548 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
6 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
129 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8673 Morohashi
6 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1526 New Nelson (John Haig)
127 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
134 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
196 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
21 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
0a3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
2200.0 Four corner code
1-32-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ddd Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
scout, sentinel
Kun:
みはり
On:
ショウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1999 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 哨戒 【ショウカイ】 patrol (with ships or aircraft), patrolling
  • 哨戒艦艇 【ショウカイカンテイ】 military patrol boat
  • 監視哨 【カンシショウ】 observation post
  • 前哨 【ゼンショウ】 outpost

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shao4
Korean:
cho, so

Spanish

Portuguese

French

930 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
481 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
362 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3646X Morohashi
809 New Nelson (John Haig)
2154 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2277 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3746 2001 Kanji
3d7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
6902.7 Four corner code
1-30-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54e8 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd
Parts:
commandment
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1062 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 戒 【カイ】 admonition, commandment, sila (precept)
  • 戒厳令 【カイゲンレイ】 martial law
  • 懲戒 【チョウカイ】 discipline, punishment, reprimand
  • 自戒 【ジカイ】 self-admonition

Kun reading compounds

  • 戒める 【いましめる】 to warn against, to caution against, to admonish, to scold, to rebuke, to prohibit, to forbid, to ban, to be cautious, to detest, to loathe, to punish

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie4
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • poner cuidado
  • mandamiento
  • orden
  • ordenar
  • advertir
  • instruir

Portuguese

  • mandamentos

French

  • châtiment
  • avertissement
1060 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1191 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1801 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1006 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1330 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
511 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
876 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
896 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1334 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
838 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3972 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2043 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2760 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
683 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11548 Morohashi
3204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2027 New Nelson (John Haig)
676 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
730 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1123 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-3 SKIP code
5340.0 Four corner code
1-18-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6212 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
boat
Parts:
rowboat, small boat
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 艇 【テイ】 (small) boat
  • 艇庫 【テイコ】 boat-house
  • 艦艇 【カンテイ】 naval vessels, warships
  • 競艇 【キョウテイ】 kyōtei, boat race, hydroplane racing event and gambling sport in Japan

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ting3
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • bote de remos
  • bote pequeño

Portuguese

  • Barco a remo
  • pequeno barco

French

  • barque
  • petit bateau
1621 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1429 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3875 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1255 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1692 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1666 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1780 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1930 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1597 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1727 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
923 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1246 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1894 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30440 Morohashi
1365 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4941 New Nelson (John Haig)
1876 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2021 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1657 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
867 2001 Kanji
6c6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-7 SKIP code
1-6-6 SKIP code
2244.1 Four corner code
1-36-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8247 Unicode hex code