川
川 — cheon
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 내 천
- Romanization
- cheon
- English
- stream, river; flow; boil
- Mandarin
- chuān
- Japanese on'yomi
- セン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- かわ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #181 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 巛 (47, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5DDD
Korean example words with 川
- 월천越川 Korean gloss: 내를 건넘
- 천변川邊 Korean gloss: 냇물의 주변
- 천어川魚 Korean gloss: 냇물에 사는 물고기
- 야천野川 Korean gloss: 들 가운데로 흐르는 내
- 창천蒼川 Korean gloss: 물이 맑아서 새파란 내
- 천렵川獵 Korean gloss: 냇물에서 고기잡이하는 일
- 산천山川 Korean gloss: 산과 내를 아울러 이르는 말
- 계천溪川 Korean gloss: 시내와 내를 아울러 이르는 말
- 하천河川 Korean gloss: 강과 시내를 아울러 이르는 말
- 천곡川谷 Korean gloss: 내와 골짜기를 아울러 이르는 말
- 건천乾川 Korean gloss: 조금만 가물어도 이내 물이 마르는 내
- 모천母川 Korean gloss: 물고기가 태어나서 바다로 내려갈 때까지 자란 하천
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 川
- 川かわ river; stream; River
- 小川おがわ stream; brook; creek
- 河川かせん rivers
- 谷川たにがわ mountain stream
- 川上かわかみ upper reaches of a river; upstream
- 川柳せんりゅう senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 川端かわばた riverside; riverbank
- 河川敷かせんじき flood plain; river terrace; riverside area
- 川沿いかわぞい along the river; riverside
- 山川さんせん mountains and rivers
- 川岸かわぎし riverbank; riverside
- 滝川たきがわ rapids
Characters sharing the phonetic 川
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “천”
Other hanja with radical 巛
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