【川】(sen, kawa/ river) Japanese Kanji / JLPT N5

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In this time, I will introduce the Kanji character 川.

How to read

① Onyomi (Chinese reading)

The on-readings are
・せん　sen

For example,
・河川　かせん　ka-sen
It means river
This is a formal way of saying.

and so on.

② Kunyomi (Japanese reading)

Next, the kun-reading is
・かわ　kawa

For example,
・川　かわ　kawa
It means river
・アマゾン川　あまぞんがわ　amazon-gawa
It is Amazon River
・隅田川　すみだがわ　sumida-gawa
It is Sumida River
It's a river that flows through Tokyo.

・川上　かわかみ　kawa-kami
It means upper reaches of a river, upstream

・川下　かわしも　kawa-shimo
It means lower reaches of a river, downstream

and so on.

③ Special reading

This kanji has no special reading.

Meanings

Next is the meaning of the kanji for 川.
This kanji is used in the next meanings
・river

Radical

And the radical of this character is 川　kawa
This character itself is a radical, a basic character.

Family name

Next, I will introduce family names. Here are some family names that are particularly common in Japan.
・石川　いしかわ　Ishikawa
・小川　おがわ　Ogawa
・長谷川　はせがわ　Hasegawa
・中川　なかがわ　Nakagawa
・市川　いちかわ　Ichikawa
・古川　ふるかわ　Furukawa
・吉川　よしかわ　Yoshikawa
・西川　にしかわ　Nishikawa

Personal name

There are no specific well-known personal names using the Kanji for 川

Famous person

Next, I will introduce Japanese celebrities who use the Kanji 川
・川端 康成　かわばたやすなり　Kawabata Yasunari
He was a writer. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

・川上 哲治　かわかみてつはる　Kawakami Tetsuharu
He was a professional baseball player.

・石川 遼　いしかわりょう　Ishikawa Ryo
He is a professional golfer.

Place

Next, I will introduce place names and tourist attractions that use the Chinese character for 川.
・川越　かわごえ　Kawagoe
It is a city near Tokyo with streets that give the feeling of old Japan.

・四川省　しせんしょう　Shisen-Shou
It is an inland province of China

Look-alikes

Here are some kanji that are similar to 川
・州　す、しゅう　su, shū
It means state, sandbar

kanji that contain character 川 in their composition

Here are some kanji that contain character 山 in their composition

・荒　こう、あら-い　kou, ara-i
It means rough

・慌　あわ-てる　awa-teru
It means be flustered

・流　りゅう、なが-れる　ryū, naga-reru
It means flow

・硫　りゅう　ryū
It means sulfur

・訓　くん　kun
It means precept

・順　じゅん　jun
It means order

・滞　たい、とどこお-る　tai, todokō-ru
It means stagnation

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