| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1121 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 沿海 【エンカイ】 sea along the coast, coastal waters, inshore waters, coast
- 沿海州 【エンカイシュウ】 Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)
Kun reading compounds
- 沿う 【そう】 to run along, to run beside, to stick to (a line), to follow (a policy, plan, etc.), to act in accordance with, to align with, to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.), to satisfy, to comply with, to live up to
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon
Spanish
- seguir a lo largo de
- bordear
Portuguese
- correr ao lado
- seguir ao longo
- beira
- estar ao longo
French
- longer
- suivre
- parallèle à
| 832 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 815 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1379 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2525 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1013 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1464 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1607 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1714 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1128 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1169 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 386 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 243 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 290 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 803 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17260 | Morohashi |
| 328 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3096 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 795 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 858 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 859 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 377 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a5.23 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3816.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6cbf | Unicode hex code |