| 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 3
JLPT level N3
941 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 遊撃 【ユウゲキ】 raid, military attack by a mobile unit, hit-and-run attack, search-and-kill mission, search-and-destroy mission, military action without a predetermined target, attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises, shortstop, short
- 遊園地 【ユウエンチ】 amusement park
- 浮遊 【フユウ】 floating, drifting, suspension, wandering (about)
- 外遊 【ガイユウ】 foreign travel
- 遊撃 【ユウゲキ】 raid, military attack by a mobile unit, hit-and-run attack, search-and-kill mission, search-and-destroy mission, military action without a predetermined target, attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises, shortstop, short
- 遊園地 【ユウエンチ】 amusement park
Kun reading compounds
- 遊ぶ 【あそぶ】 to play (games, sports), to enjoy oneself, to have a good time, to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.), to be idle, to do nothing, to be unused, to meet up (with friends), to hang out, to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.), to go to (for pleasure or for study), to tease (someone), to play (with), to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration
- 遊糸 【ゆうし】 gossamer, heat haze, shimmer of hot air
- 遊ばす 【あそばす】 to let (someone) play, to keep (someone) amused, to entertain, to leave idle, to not make use of, to let go to waste, to do, to do
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あす、 う
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
- jugar
- viajar
- moverse libremente
Portuguese
- Jogo
- jogar
French
- jouer
| 326 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 424 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 402 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 728 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4726 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 587 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 962 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1809 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1003 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1040 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 196 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 712 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3896 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2008 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2709 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1056 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38994P | Morohashi |
| 3142 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6093 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1047 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1126 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 411 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 447 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 3830.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-23 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 904a | Unicode hex code |