Character · Nature
河
かわ kawaあまのがわ amanogawaたいが taigaなつかわ natsukawa
river
Composition
Origin
Water (氵) with the sound of 可: originally the Yellow River, later any large river.
In the thoughts
- 天河amanogawaMilky Way
- 大河taigagreat river
- 夏河natsukawasummer river
- 山河sangamountains and rivers
Proverbs carrying this character
- 109 ゆく河の流れは絶えずして、しかももとの水にあらず The river flows on and on, and yet the water is never the same.
- 213 荒海や佐渡によこたふ天河 Wild sea — stretched over Sado Island, the River of Heaven.
- 225 五月雨や大河を前に家二軒 June rains — facing the swollen river, two houses.
- 226 夏河を越すうれしさよ手に草履 What happiness, crossing the summer river, sandals in hand!
- 299 国破れて山河あり The country is broken; mountains and rivers remain.