川 [巛] chuān
radical 47
: river; creek
: plain; an area of level country
川 | かわ kawa
noun
: river; stream
: (Suffix) the …. river (suffix used with the names of rivers) e.g. 荒川 Arakawa: “Raging River” in Tokyo
がわ gawa
suffix
: the …. river (suffix used with the names of rivers)
巛 | まがりかわ magarikawa OR まがりがわ magarigawa
noun
: kanji “curving river” radical (variant of radical 47)
せん sen
川劇[剧] chuan1ju4: Sichuan opera
四川 si4chuan1: Sichuan province (Szechuan)
[しせん shisen: Szechuan]
川菜 chuan1 cai4: Szechuan cuisine
[四川料理 | しせんりょうり shisen ryouri: Szechuan cuisine]
汶川地震 wen4 chuan1 di4 zhen4: Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008)
冰川 bing1chuan1: glacier
河川 he2 chuan1: rivers [かせん kasen]
Japanese common word / expression / idiom
川獺 | かわうそ kawauso: river otter (kana only)
川蝦 | かわえび kawaebi: crawfish
川蛇 | かわへび kawahebi: Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
川虫 | かわむし kawamushi: aquatic insect larva (esp. of caddisflies, mayflies)
川魚 | かわざかな kawazakana OR かわうお kawauo: river fish; freshwater fish
徳川家 | とくがわけ tokugawake: the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
徳川幕府 | とくがわばくふ tokugawa bakufu
: Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
春の川 | はるのかわ haru no kawa: river in spring
河童の川流れ | かっぱのかわながれ kappa no kawa nagare
: anyone can make a mistake; even Homer sometimes nods
深い川は静かに流れる | ふかいかわはしずかにながれる fukai kawa wa shizukani nagareru
: still waters run deep
Chinese idiom
川流不息 chuan1 liu2 bu4xi1
: the stream flows without stopping; unending flow
象形 Pictographic.
Picture of a river
The character is a picture of flowing water.
Archaic Variant: 巛
“River” Radical 47
Examples:
四川菜很好吃。
si4chuan1cai4 hen3 hao3chi1.
Szechuan cuisine is very tasty.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
