河 (hé)

river

How 河 is written

Strokes
8
Radical
氵 — water
Traditional
河
Simplified
河 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 河

夏河 xiàhé
Xiahe county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
天河 tiānhé
Milky Way; Tianhe district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 shi4], Guangdong
河北 héběi
Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, abbr. 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家庄
河南 hénán
Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州
河流 héliú
river; CL:條|条[tiao2]
河谷 hégǔ
river valley
黃河 huánghé
Yellow River or Huang He
冰河 bīnghé
glacier
北戴河 běidàihé
Beidaihe district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei
口若懸河 kǒuruòxuánhé
mouth like a torrent (idiom); eloquent; glib
塞納河 sāinàhé
Seine
多瑙河 duōnǎohé
Danube

河 in a sentence

很多人喜歡在河濱公園騎腳踏車。

Hěnduō rén xǐhuān zài hébīn gōngyuán qí jiǎotàchē.

“Many people like to ride bicycles in the riverside park.”

How common is 河?

河 is the 574th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 78.7% of all running text.

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