3 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N5
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Kun'yomi
か わ river ②River
On'yomi
セン
Nanori
か こ さわ
Character Breakdown
Common Words
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis) ②jade (gem) ③beautiful lustrous color similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
References
| Unicode hex code | 5DDD |
| JIS X 0208 | 1-32-78 |
| Nelson, A. Classic Nelson | 1447 |
| Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 1526 |
| Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary | 6 |
| Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary | 6 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) | 1 |
| Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) | 1 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji | 127 |
| Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. | 134 |
| Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage | 111 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names | 20 |
| O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji | 41 |
| Morohashi Daikanwajiten | 8673 |
| Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters | 48 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana | 33 |
| Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) | 33 |
| Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese | 39 |
| Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards | 49 |
| Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. | 59 |
| Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards | 21 |
| Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power | 196 |
| Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context | 101 |
| AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III | 2.10 |
| Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide | 548 |
| Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete | 129 |
| Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code | 0a3.2 |
| Four corner code | 2200.0 |
| De Roo Code | 1254 |