The Chinese Radical: 川


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Meaning
river    川

Explanation The water was simplified as three lines and symbolizes the flow of the river.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 4
sequence, order, to obey, to follow, favorable
shùn
Left: river , right: page, leaf 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
Just as the river directs the water, the head gives things the order / sequence.
JLPT HSK 4
to flow, to drift, to disseminate, to circulate
liú
Left: water , right: ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down: the child comes with head first, with amniotic fluid )
Water as well as a newborn baby's amniotic fluid is flowing.
JLPT HSK 5
to teach, train, example, pattern, instruction
xùn
Left: word (= sound waves out of a mouth ), right: river
The words flow like a whole river, when you teach.
JLPT HSK 6
uncultivated, desolate, shortage, scarce
huāng
Top: plant , below: 巟 (dead (coffin in cross-section), river
The plants die and because of the river it becomes uncultivated.
JLPT HSK 6
nest
cháo
Top: (hear: three beaks), bottom: fruit, result (here: nest in a tree )
Three beaks in a nest in the tree are: a nest.
JLPT HSK 6
river, creek, plain
chuān

Three lines stand for the flow of a river.
JLPT HSK 6
prefecture, state (e.g. of US)
zhōu
Three sandbanks in a river
(They are administrative units within one country) You can get via sandbanks in the river from prefecture to prefecture.
JLPT HSK 6
upright and honest, cheerful, to talk smoothly
kǎn
Left: person , right: mouth , river
(He talks a lot:) The person with a mouth like a river is: upright and honest.
JLPT no HSK
sulfur (chemistry)
liú
Left: stone , right: (here as a var. of: 'to flow' 流) ( = newborn baby [character for child upside down = coming with head first], [amniotic] fluid )
[melting point 115°C] The stone that can flow is sulphur.
JLPT no HSK
tame, to domesticate, obedient, attain gradually
xún
Left: horse /馬, right: river
A horse going with you through the river is: tamed.
JLPT no HSK
drainage ditch, furrow in field
zhèn
Left: earth , right: river
In the earth is this "river": A drainage ditch.

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