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川 means 'river'

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Strokes : 3    Radical number: 47    Frequency: 109   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-3    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 3    Beginner lesson: 11   Begins 88 words   Used in 163 words   Used in 25633 names   Component in 47 kanji (10 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   セン
Kun
   かわ river
Additional readings
Name    か   こ   さわ
Variants
𫶧  
Notes
See why the Japanese need to emphasize that 川 is a “three-stroke river,” and discover what happens when that river is bent out of shape.
Components
⿲  ノ (乃) katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from  丨 stick  丨 stick  
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See also
巛 wavy river  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 川 is used 9 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 川 is used 148 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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セン : 17 words FIND ALL
か せ ん 1
noun
rivers
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かわ : 90 words FIND ALL
か わ 2
Most common form: かわ
noun
1. river; stream  (this meaning is restricted to reading かわ)
suffix
2. the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)  (usually read がわ)
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かわ (read as がわ) : 40 words FIND ALL
お が わ 0
noun
streamlet; brook
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が: 1 word. FIND ALL
が た ろ 2
Most common form: 河太郎
noun
kappa (mythical water-dwelling creature)  (see also: 河童)
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An additional 巛 less common words include 川 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 59 (originally: 48)  Joy o' Kanji : 48  Key to Kanji: 632 

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川
セン   かわ river   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
丨
stick   
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