河
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river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
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- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 水 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 河
- Common rank
- #123
- Unicode
- U+6CB3
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
river · Heisig RSH #153
水 water + 可 can
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 河
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天河区 | Tianhe, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong | |
| 白河县 | Baihe, a county in Ankang City 安康市[An1 kang1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 马斯河 | Maas or Meuse River, Western Europe | |
| 城子河区 | Chengzihe, a district of Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市[Ji1 xi1 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 石河子市 | Shixenze shehiri (Shixenze city) or Shíhézǐ subprefecture level city in north Xinjiang | |
| 金口河区 | Jinkouhe, a district of Leshan City 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan | |
| 河西区 | Hexi district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4] | |
| 特克斯河 | Tekes River in southeast Kazakhstan and northwest China, a tributary of the Ili River 伊犁河[… | |
| 大河 | large river (esp the Yellow River) | |
| 三河市 | Sanhe, a county-level city in Langfang City 廊坊市[Lang2 fang2 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 河口县 | see 河口瑤族自治縣|河口瑶族自治县[He2 kou3 Yao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 河口区 | Hekou, a district of Dongying City 東營市|东营市[Dong1 ying2 Shi4], Shandong | |
| 山河 | mountains and rivers; the whole country | |
| 河水 | river water | |
| 河心 | middle of the river | |
| 人工河 | canal; man-made waterway | |
| 城子河 | see 城子河區|城子河区[Cheng2 zi5 he2 Qu1] | |
| 新河县 | Xinhe, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 河南县 | see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 石河子 | Shihezi, sub-prefecture-level city in Northern Xinjiang |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 可 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 可 sound part | may, can, -able; possibly | |
| 阿 | an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations | |
| 柯 | axe-handle, bough, stalk; surname | |
| 呵 | to scold; to yawn; the sound of someone laughing (when repeated) | |
| 诃 | to scold loudly, to curse, to abuse | |
| 苛 | severe, harsh; rigorous, exacting | |
| 坷 | uneven, bumpy; a clod of earth; a lump of soil | |
| 轲 | axle | |
| 蚵 | oyster | |
| 岢 | the name of a mountain | |
| 疴 | sickness, illness; pain | |
| 哿 | excellent, capable; happy; to commend | |
| 舸 | barge, large boat | |
| 钶 | columbium |