巛

巛 is a Japanese kanji, listed here under the keyword “curving river”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. It appears as a component in 5 other characters in this index.

Keyword: curving river
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): かわ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: radical 47, flood, river, изогнутая река, stream
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 巛 river

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 巛

災 disaster
巡 patrol
拶 imminent
脛 shin
勁 formidable

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