EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    riverbank; riverside

    川岸で数人の男が糸を垂れている。
    Several men are fishing from the riverbank.

Also written 河岸【かわぎし】

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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

beach

Kun
きし
On
ガン
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
556 of 2500
Radical
mountain
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Used in names as

けし

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-5SKIP code
3o5.11The Kanji Dictionary
2224.1Four corner code
1255deroo
5cb8Unicode hex code
1-20-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1413Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1459New Nelson (John Haig)
2236New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2777Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1424Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1653Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1782Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
847A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
941Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
687Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8009Morohashi
248A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
586Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
595Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
177sakade
488Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
267henshall3
294Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
456Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
539Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1668Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
an4Pinyin reading
anKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level