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川

川

See also: 州 and 巛

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

川 (radical 47 巛+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 中中中 (LLL), four-corner 22000)

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 323, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8673
  • Dae Jaweon: page 624, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 32, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5DDD

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 川

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 川
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (川) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
川 *kʰjon
釧 *kʰjons
巛 *kʰuːn
巡 *sɢljun
馴 *sɢljun
紃 *sɢljun, *ɢljun
甽 *kljuns, *kʷeːnʔ
順 *ɢljuns
訓 *qʰuns

Pictogram (象形) – compare 水 (OC *qʰʷljilʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 川
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
Final (韻) 仙 (78)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 昌緣切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕʰiuᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕʰʷiɛn/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕʰjuæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /cʰwian/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕʰiuɛn/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕʰĭwɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕʰi̯wɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chuān
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 川
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chuān
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsyhwen ›
Old
Chinese		 /*t.l̥u[n]/ (MC -jwen is irregular)
English stream, river

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 川
Reading # 1/1
No. 1628
Phonetic
component		 川
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 穿
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰjon/

Definitions

川

  1. river; stream; brook
  2. (of water) to flow
  3. to boil food for a short time in water
  4. Short for 四川 (Sìchuān, “Sichuan Province, China”).

See also

Compounds

  • 一馬平川／一马平川
  • 三川
  • 中川
  • 伊川
  • 信濃川／信浓川
  • 八水三川
  • 冰川 (bīngchuān)
  • 名山大川
  • 四川 (Sìchuān)
  • 大川
  • 大金川
  • 大陸冰川／大陆冰川
  • 山川 (shānchuān)
  • 川劇／川剧 (chuānjù)
  • 川后
  • 川土
  • 川堂
  • 川崎 (Chuānqí)
  • 川崎症
  • 川柳
  • 川椒
  • 川流
  • 川流不息 (chuānliú-bùxī)
  • 川渟嶽峙／川渟岳峙
  • 川澤／川泽
  • 川澤納汙／川泽纳污
  • 川瀆／川渎
  • 川穀／川谷
  • 川端康成
  • 川芎 (chuānxiōng)
  • 川貝／川贝
  • 川費／川费
  • 川資／川资
  • 川軍／川军
  • 川連／川连
  • 川陸／川陆
  • 川鹽／川盐
  • 巨川
  • 常川
  • 平川 (píngchuān)
  • 河川 (héchuān)
  • 河川襲奪／河川袭夺
  • 流血成川
  • 潁川 (Yǐngchuān)
  • 百川
  • 百川學海／百川学海
  • 百川歸海／百川归海
  • 盤川／盘川
  • 眠川
  • 眾川赴海／众川赴海
  • 秦川
  • 秦川女
  • 臨川羨魚／临川羡鱼
  • 芥川賞／芥川赏
  • 荊川集／荆川集
  • 跋山涉川
  • 跋涉山川
  • 輞川／辋川
  • 逝川
  • 金川
  • 銀川／银川 (Yínchuān)
  • 長川／长川
  • 麓川

Japanese

Kanji

川

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. river

Readings

Compounds

Noun

川 ‎(hiragana かわ, romaji kawa, historical hiragana かは)

  1. river, stream, brook

Synonyms

Alternative forms

Suffix

川 ‎(hiragana かわ, romaji -kawa, historical hiragana かは)

  1. the ... river, used in named of rivers or streams

川 ‎(hiragana がわ, romaji -gawa, historical hiragana がは)

  1. the ... river

Korean

Hanja

川 • ‎(cheon)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 천 (revised: cheon, McCune-Reischauer: ch'ŏn)
  • Name (hangeul): 내()
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Vietnamese

Han character

川 (xuyên, xiên)

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