字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE前4.13.3 合10161 賓組
Oracle bone and bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Nature & Elements
川
川 river
さんぼんがわ sanbongawa
3 strokesRadical of 2 kanjiPart of 5
Your ink in 川0% painted · 0 of 2 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Pictogram (象形) of flowing water – compare 水, 巛, and 𡿧.
Source: Wiktionary, 川 (rev. 92917941), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Go with the flow! Imagine the rushing water of a great river carving its path through the mountains. These three strokes represent the unstoppable power and grace of liquid in motion. When you see this radical, think of streams, valleys, and the journey of water as it travels toward the sea.”
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Every kanji with 川 as its radical
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