川 (chuān)

River; plain; surname Chuan

How 川 is written

Strokes
3
Traditional
川
Simplified
川 (unchanged)

Common words using 川

四川 sìchuān
Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
一馬平川 yīmǎpíngchuān
flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
仁川 rénchuān
Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jing1 ji1 dao4], South Korea
冰川 bīngchuān
glacier
利川 lìchuān
Lichuan county level city in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
北川 běichuān
Beichuan county level city in Mianyang prefecture 綿陽|绵阳, Sichuan
南川 nánchuān
Nanchuan district of Fuling suburbs of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
合川 héchuān
Hechuan suburban district of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
吳川 wúchuān
Wuchuan county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhan4 jiang1], Guangdong
吳川市 wúchuānshì
Wuchuan county level city in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhan4 jiang1], Guangdong
四川省 sìchuānshěng
Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
宜川 yíchuān
Yichuan county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi

川 in a sentence

這裡的山川景色非常壯觀。

Zhèlǐ de shānchuān jǐngsè fēicháng zhuàngguān.

“The landscape of mountains and rivers here is very spectacular.”

How common is 川?

川 is the 1,107th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.7% of all running text.

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