Bloomko
JLPT N5 · Nature

川

かわ

river

Stroke order of 川

川 is written with 3 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Three wavy lines of water flowing side by side downstream: a river.

Parts: 川 pictograph of flowing water

Example sentence

この川はとてもきれいです。

このかわはとてもきれいです。

This river is very clean.

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