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河 = 可 + 水

河 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “river”. It is built from 可 (can) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 157.

Keyword
river
RTK frame
157
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かわ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
река
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
河 river

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 可 can
  2. 水 water

How to find 河 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “can” + “water”. 河 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 河 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.