Kanji
N5 3 strokes Grade 1 freq #181

stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

stream kawa

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

stream; brook
rivers
mountain stream
senryū; comic haiku
flood plain; river terrace
mountains and rivers
rapids
Sichuan (China); Szechuan

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

river; stream
upper reaches of a river; upstream
riverside; riverbank
along the river; riverside
riverbank; riverside
canal
being carried away by a current
riverbed
river surface; surface of a river
riverside; riverbank

Example sentences

He could swim across the river when he was in his teens.

If the weather is fine, I'll go swimming in the river.

He didn't dare to jump the brook.

He is two years older than Ogawa.