EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy

    Astronomy

    初めて天の川を見た夜のことを私は覚えている。
    I remember the night when I first saw the Milky Way.

Also written 天の河【あまのがわ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

heavens, sky, imperial

Kun
あまつあめあま-
On
テン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
512 of 2500
Radical
big
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

あきあもたかしなま

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-1SKIP code
0a4.21The Kanji Dictionary
1043.0Four corner code
3163deroo
5929Unicode hex code
1-37-23JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
16Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1138New Nelson (John Haig)
3442New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4250Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2148Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2898Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
428Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
457Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
364A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
93Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
78Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5833Morohashi
58A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
141Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
141Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
119sakade
41Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
67henshall3
34Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
277crowley
462Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
410Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
435Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tian1Pinyin reading
cheonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
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