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河
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large river

HSK 2 N2
Nature →Elements →Water
hé
カ
かわ
하
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 可 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 可 can =
河 large river
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
可 Phonetic component
kě can
may, can, -able
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
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Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
河
Regular
Modern
Chinese
河 [hé]
river; CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]
Japanese
河 ホー 、 かわ 同音
noun mahjong discarded tiles; discards
川 、 河 かわ 、 がわ 同音
  1. noun river; stream
  2. suffix River; the ... river (suffix used with the names of rivers)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
この川はあの川の３倍長い。
This river is three times longer than that one.
信濃川と阿賀野川ではどちらが長いですか。
Which is longer, the Shinano River or the Agano River?
Japanese Names
河 か
Ka surname
河 かわ
Kawa surname
河 がわ
Gawa place name
河 こう
Kō surname
河 は
Ha surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
河南 [Hé​nán] #55,758
Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng​zhōu]
爱河 [ài​hé] #5,901
the river of love
爱河 [ài​hé] #5,901
the river of love
河流 [hé​liú] #8,737
river
河边 [hé​biān] #7,549
river bank
河边 [hé​biān] #7,549
river bank
河北 [Hé​běi] #64,557
Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí​jiā​zhuāng]
银河 [Yín​hé] #8,948
Milky Way
银河 [Yín​hé] #8,948
Milky Way
黄河 [Huáng​Hé] #34,601
Yellow River or Huang He
190 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 川 [かわ] #1,029
river
⭐ 河原 [かわら] #11,624
dry riverbed
⭐ 銀河 [ぎんが] #15,658
Milky Way
⭐ 大河 [たいが] #16,372
large river
⭐ 川沿い [かわぞい] #18,262
along the river
⭐ 運河 [うんが] #24,632
(navigable) canal
⭐ 河川敷 [かせんじき] #24,927
flood plain
三河 [みかわ] #25,408
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
川辺 [かわべ] #25,413
riverside
川面 [かわも] #25,630
river surface
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KOREAN WORDS (8)
은하 #3,020
galaxy
하구 #10,918
mouth of a river
하마 #13,098
hippopotamus; hippo
은하계 #34,453
galaxy; galactic system
강하
rivers and streams
산하
mountains and rivers; nature
운하
canal
하천
river; stream