Meaning
river
Chinese: 河流。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “he” becomes a different word in each tone. 河 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 河流hé liúriver
- 运河yùn hécanal
- 河畔hé pànriverside; river plain
- 大河dà hélarge river (esp the Yellow River)
- 河道hé dàoriver course; river channel
Example Sentence
这条河的水又清又凉。Zhè tiáo hé de shuǐ yòu qīng yòu liáng.The water of this river is clear and cool.
这Zhèthis条tiáostrip河hériver (CL:条,道)的deof水shuǐShui ethnic group又yòuagain清qīng(of water etc) clear又yòuagain凉liángcool。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The water radical 氵 (meaning) plus 可 (kě, sound). It first named the Yellow River and now means ‘river’.
A way to remember it
Water (氵) + the sound 可 — a river.
Easy to confuse with
- 江‘River’: also water (氵), but with 工 as the sound.