Entry
  1. Noun

    being carried away by a current

    河童の川流れ。
    The best swimmers are oftenest drowned.
  2. drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river

  3. cancellation; standing up; breaking a promise

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

Kun
かわ
On
セン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
181 of 2500
Radical
river
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

さわ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-2SKIP code
0a3.2The Kanji Dictionary
2200.0Four corner code
1254deroo
5dddUnicode hex code
1-32-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1447Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1526New Nelson (John Haig)
6New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
127Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
134Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
111A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
20Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
41Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8673Morohashi
48A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
33Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
39sakade
49Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
59henshall3
21Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
196crowley
101Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
548Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
129Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chuan1Pinyin reading
cheonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

current, a sink, flow, forfeit

Kun
なが.れるなが.れなが.す-なが.す
On
リュウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
280 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Used in names as

ながれめぐる

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
3a7.10The Kanji Dictionary
3411.3, 3011.3Four corner code
357deroo
6d41Unicode hex code
1-46-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2576Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3160New Nelson (John Haig)
441New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
529Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
325Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
400Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
764Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
826Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
296A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1332Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
329Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17572PMorohashi
409A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
247Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
247Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
334sakade
682Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
432henshall3
367Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
235crowley
279Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1200Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
771Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
liu2Pinyin reading
ryuKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level