Keyword
river
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
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KankenLevel 10
Heisig134
Readings
かわ
(53%)
がわ
(42%)
せん
(4%)
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a bird's eye view of a river.

Used in kanji (6 in total)
sequence
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Used in vocabulary (305 in total)
river; stream; River; the ... river
stream; brook; creek
along the river; riverside
Ishikawa (prefecture)
Kawasaki (city)
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
riverside; edge of a river
river surface; surface of a river
upper reaches of a river; upstream
dry riverbed; river beach
riverbank; riverside
Kanagawa (prefecture)
mountain stream
river fish; freshwater fish
mouth of river; estuary
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
Kagawa (prefecture)
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
riverbank; riverside
width of a river
to cross a river
mountain river; mountain stream
to descend a river
(formation of) three people sleeping side by side (esp. a child between two parents); (lit.) "river" character
riverbank; riverside
Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
mountains and rivers
senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
Kagawa prefecture (Shikoku)
breeze off a river
rapids; shallows of a river
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
going downstream (in a boat)
lowly people (Edo period); eta
Akutagawa Prize (literary award)
Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)
course of a river; land along a river
ripples on a river
barfin flounder (Verasper moseri)
riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
mouth of a river; lower stream
ditch with running water; drainage channel
river fishing
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
riverboat; rivercraft
river's course
Rhine (river)
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
riverboat; rivercraft
festival marking the start of boating season
nature; natural scenery
imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
class A river; specified waterways of special importance protected by the government
being carried away by a current; drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river; cancellation; standing up
Incheon (South Korea); Inchon
ditch with running water; drainage channel
Szechuan cuisine; Sichuan cuisine
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
riverside; riverbank
river which often overflows its banks
freshwater fish cuisine
(water) spring
aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies, etc.)
abekawa mochi; rice cake with kinako
imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
crossing a river
sandbank in a river
suspension of ferry service
Sumida River Firework Festival (Tokyo)
crossing a river
hundred rivers; many rivers; all rivers
anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods
following a river
Battle of Anegawa (1570)
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)
dry river; wadi; arroyo
Satsumasendai City (Kagoshima)
bamboo growing along a river bank; Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) the life of a prostitute
across a river
loach stew; loaches boiled in soy sauce with stewed eggs and slivered burdock root
river surface; surface of a river
to cross the Rubicon; to pass a point of no return
affluent; branch stream that flows into a main stream
Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river
small and medium-sized rivers
river in springtime
Kura River
catch (fish) of the river; products of the river; fruits of the river
Kawasaki disease; mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome; MCLS
river in which worshippers wash their hands (and rinse their mouth) prior to entering a shrine
riverside; edge of a river
Ishikawa Station (JR East)
great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
buckskin (horse color)
Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
Satsumasendai City (Kagoshima)
dried-up river; wadi; dry arroyo
plover on the riverside; plovers near a river
cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
river plain; riverbed
Korean mint (Agastache rugosa); purple giant hyssop
river fishing
fukagawa-meshi; rice cooked with clams
variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)
Nakagawa Station (Kanagawa)
a strong foundation can withstand any storm; (lit.) an old river does not run out of water
Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)
Hoshikawa Station
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae)
Tanana River
Katsuragawa Station (Hokkaido)
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); know-it-all manner
riverside; riverbank
abekawa mochi; rice cake with kinako
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla)
riverside willow (esp. rosegold pussy willow, Salix gracilistyla); Salix gilgiana (species of willow); high-quality coarse tea
Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
dry river; wadi; arroyo
pike (esp. the Amur pike, Esox reichertii); pickerel
pike (esp. the Amur pike, Esox reichertii); pickerel
stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)
Oriental greenfinch (Carduelis sinica)
river in springtime
cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
European otter (Lutra lutra); common otter; Eurasian otter
laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
dark chub (Nipponocypris temminckii)
dark chub (Nipponocypris temminckii)
glow of a river in the darkness; surface of a river gleaming in the darkness; gleam on a river at dusk
red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus); bush pig
fukagawa-meshi; rice cooked with clams
Uda River (Khabarovsk Krai)
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
to (try to) act like a big-shot
Omo River
river raised above the surrounding land
common merganser
being far away across mountains and rivers
type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke)
Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)
river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying
trickling brook
trickling brook
trickling brook
trickling brook
trickling brook
rice bowl with clams and miso broth
riverside willow
endless flood of tears
water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. aquaticum)
potamology; fluviology
window-shopping without any money; going out and returning without having bought or eaten anything; (lit.) dog's walk on the riverbank
distributary; branch
intermittent river; intermittent stream
perennial river; perennial stream; permanent river
Sichuan opera
Macao; Macau
Pechora River
Sado River
Ume River
Onega River
Tamagawa Station (Osaka)
Sakuragawa Station (Osaka)
Shinkawa Station (Hokkaido)
Rioni River
Sura River
Zeya River
Tana River (Kenya)
Kazanka River
Mara River
Jiu River
Kirenga River
Upa River
Pina River
Ruzizi River
Maya River
Napo River
Nata River
Biya River
Bikin River
Kurokawa Station (Nagoya)
Ene River
Nyuya River
Sendai Station (Kagoshima)
Dawa River
Kawahigashi Station
Kawanishi Station
Mano River
Mopan River
Komati River
Santa Ana River
Sochi River
Sokoto River
Nera River (Russia)
Kana River
Benito River
Sudoma River
Ogawa Station (Kumamoto)
Mikawa Station (Hokkaido)
Yanagawa Station (Yamanashi)
Calopteryx cornelia (species of damselfly)
Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)
Batrachospermum gelatinosum (species of red alga)
our lady's bedstraw (Galium verum); yellow bedstraw
Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)
golden venus chub (Hemigrammocypris rasborella)
Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus)
Xenostrobus securis (species of saltwater mussel)
golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)
burbot (Lota lota)
Ishikawa's frog (Odorrana ishikawae)
dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima)
spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala); spined sleeper
amanatsu (Citrus natsudaidai); sweet form of Chinese citron
Examples (200 in total)
What is this river called?
What's the name of this river?
This river runs through my village.