| 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 4
JLPT level N2
1094 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 漁業 【ギョギョウ】 fishing industry, fishery
- 漁獲 【ギョカク】 fishing, catch, haul
- 出漁 【シュツリョウ】 going fishing, going out to fish
- 大漁 【タイリョウ】 big catch (fishing), good haul
- 漁 【リョウ】 fishing, gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed), catch (e.g. of fish), haul
- 漁師 【リョウシ】 fisherman
- 大漁 【タイリョウ】 big catch (fishing), good haul
- 豊漁 【ホウリョウ】 good catch, good haul
Kun reading compounds
- 漁る 【あさる】 to fish, to look for, to search for, to hunt for, to scavenge, to scrounge, to look through, to rummage through, to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.), to binge
Readings
- Korean:
- eo
Spanish
- pesca
Portuguese
- pesca
- pescaria
French
- pêcher (en masse)
- pêcherie
| 588 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 483 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 459 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 628 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2684 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 850 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 707 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2086 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 699 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 712 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 914 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1240 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 856 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 492 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 631 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 174 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18101 | Morohashi |
| 698 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3309 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 172 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 184 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 616 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 340 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 3713.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6f01 | Unicode hex code |