EntryCommon
  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    along the river; riverside

    そのビルは川沿いに建っている。
    The building stands on the river.

Also written 河沿い【かわぞい】

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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
沿
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along

Kun
そ.う-ぞ.い
On
エン
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1121 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3a5.23The Kanji Dictionary
3816.0Four corner code
377deroo
6cbfUnicode hex code
1-17-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2525Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3096New Nelson (John Haig)
328New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
386Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
243Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
290Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
795Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
858Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1379A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1013Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17260Morohashi
815A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1607Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1714Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1464Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
832henshall3
859Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1128Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1169Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
803Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2, yan4Pinyin reading
yeonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level