Keyword
river
- stream
- the Yellow river
- Frequency
- #712
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
hé100%
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 可 the sound.
Stroke order
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Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
河
river (CL:条 (tiáo),道 (dào)); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉 (héfěn)
河流
river
黄河
Yellow River or Huang He
银河
Milky Way
河道
river course; river channel
河南省
Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou 郑州市 (ZhèngzhōuShì) (short name 豫 (Yù))
河北省
Hebei Province, capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄市 (ShíjiāzhuāngShì) (short name 冀 (Jì))
河内
Hanoi, capital of Vietnam
河谷
river valley
河水
river water
河口
estuary; the mouth of a river
运河
canal
河边
river bank
银河系
Milky Way Galaxy; the galaxy (our galaxy)
大河
large river (esp the Yellow River)
山河
mountains and rivers; the whole country
河川
rivers
河岸
riverside; river bank
天河
Milky Way
尼罗河
the Nile (river in northeastern Africa)
河东
Hedong district of Linyi city 临沂市 (Línyíshì), Shandong
河畔
riverside; river plain
内河
river that flows only within a country's borders; inland waterway (esp. for transportation, in contrast to coastal or maritime waters)
淮河
Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黄河 (HuángHé) and the Changjiang 长江 (ChángJiāng)