Moto 河: RiverKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カ
- Kun'yomi
- かわ
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 202 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カ)
- 河川かせんrivers
- 河口かこうmouth of river; estuary
- 大河たいがlarge river
- 銀河ぎんがMilky Way
- 運河うんが(navigable) canal; waterway
- 氷河ひょうがglacier
- 山河さんがmountains and rivers; natural surroundings
- 河畔かはんriverside
- 銀河系ぎんがけいMilky Way galaxy; Milky Way
- 黄河こうがYellow river (in China)
- わい小不規則銀河わいしょうふきそくぎんがdwarf irregular galaxy
- アンドロメダ銀河アンドロメダぎんがAndromeda galaxy
- コンパクト銀河コンパクトぎんがcompact galaxy
- スエズ運河スエズうんがSuez Canal
- スターバースト銀河スターバーストぎんがstarburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation
- セイファート銀河セイファートぎんがSeyfert galaxy
- モンスター銀河モンスターぎんがstarburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation
- リベリア河馬リベリアかばpygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
- 一樹の陰一河の流れも他生の縁いちじゅのかげいちがのながれもたしょうのえんeverything is preordained
- 一河の流れを汲むも他生の縁いちがのながれをくむもたしょうのえんthe events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life
- 一級河川いっきゅうかせんclass A river; specified waterways of special importance protected by the government
- 不規則銀河ふきそくぎんがirregular galaxy
- 中小河川ちゅうしょうかせんsmall and medium-sized rivers
- 二河白道にがびゃくどうmetaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
- 周氷河しゅうひょうがperiglacial
- 国破れて山河ありくにやぶれてさんがありdestroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king
- 国破れて山河在りくにやぶれてさんがありdestroy a country, but its mountains and rivers remain; the land outlasts the king
- 大河ドラマたいがドラマlarge-scale, long-running TV series (esp. of period pieces produced by NHK)
- 大河小説たいがしょうせつroman-fleuve; long novel
- 天の川銀河あまのがわぎんがMilky Way galaxy
- 天河てんがthe Milky Way
- 小人河馬こびとかばpygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
- 就職氷河期しゅうしょくひょうがきperiod of poor employment opportunities; job drought
- 屍山血河しざんけつがheaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
- 応急渡河おうきゅうとかhasty crossing
- 恒常河川こうじょうかせんperennial river; perennial stream
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 河かわriver; stream
- 河岸かわぎしriverbank; riverside
- 天の河あまのがわMilky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
- 三河みかわMikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
- 三河万歳みかわまんざいMikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture
- 三河萬歳みかわまんざいMikawa manzai; style of manzai originating in the Mikawa region in Aichi prefecture
- 古河ふるかわold river
- 恋河こいかわoceans of love
Other readings
- 河原かわらdry riverbed; river beach
- 河川敷かせんじきflood plain; river terrace
- 河童かっぱkappa; mythical water-dwelling creature
- 魚河岸うおがしriverside fish market
- お河童おかっぱbobbed hair
- 三途の河さんずのかわSanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
- 化粧河豚けしょうふぐmap puffer (Arothron mappa)
- 向う河岸むこうがしopposite shore
- 向こう河岸むこうがしopposite shore
- 向河岸むこうがしopposite shore
- 夕河岸ゆうがしevening fish market
- 小紋河豚こもんふぐfinepatterned puffer (Takifugu poecilonotus)
- 屁の河童へのかっぱsomething easy to do; cinch
- 彼岸河豚ひがんふぐpanther puffer (Takifugu pardalis)
- 御河童おかっぱbobbed hair
- 恒河沙ごうがしゃ10^52 (or 10^56)
Showing the 60 most common of 202 words. See them all in the graph.
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