Memory phrase for the character: 河

河

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Meaning

river

Pronunciation

KA
kawa

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: possible 可 (The nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible)

Mnemonic
 
The water that gives possibilities (i.e. for transports) is the river.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
可 possibility




 Vocabulary

河 かわ  river, stream
川/河 かわ  river
河馬 かば  hippopotamus
河川 かせん  rivers
運河 うんが  canal, waterway
銀河 ぎんが  Milky Way, galaxy
黄河 こうが  Yellow river (in China)
氷河 ひょうが  glacier

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