| 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) |
川
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- arroyo
- río
Portuguese
- corrente
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
- radical rivière (no. 47)
| 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 |
drama, play
- On:
- ゲキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
662 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 劇 【ゲキ】 drama, play, powerful drug
- 劇画 【ゲキガ】 comic strip with dramatic story
- 新劇 【シンゲキ】 shingeki, new drama (movement), form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
- 京劇 【キョウゲキ】 classical Chinese opera
Readings
- Korean:
- geug
Spanish
- drama
- obra
- teatro
- violento
- intenso
Portuguese
- drama
- jogo
French
- théâtre
- pièce (théâtre)
| 858 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 848 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 458 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 247 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1078 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 365 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 797 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 811 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1140 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 206 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2399 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1221 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1681 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2016 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2218 | Morohashi |
| 1904 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 517 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1997 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2152 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 982 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1243 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2f13.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-13-2 | SKIP code |
| 2220.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5287 | Unicode hex code |