川

川 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “stream”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. It appears as a component in 17 other characters in this index.

Keyword: stream
Pinyin (Mandarin): chuān
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: stream, river, река, ручей, river
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 川 stream

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 川

卅 thirty
圳 furrow in field
夼 low or swampy land
杊杊
氚 tritium
汌汌
玔 green jade
甽 drain between fields
紃 a cord
訓 teach
训 teach
釧 bracelet
钏 bracelet
順 obey
顺 obey
馴 tame
驯 tame

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