Character

川

chuān HSK 7

川 chuān HSK 7

1. river; waterway
2. plain; flat land between mountains or on a plateau
3. abbreviation for Sichuan

Words using 川 as chuān (2)

1 山川 shān chuān — mountains and rivers HSK 7
- 山 mountains
- 川 rivers
Example

他喜欢游览祖国的山川。

tā xǐ huan yóu lǎn zǔ guó de shān chuān

He likes to visit the mountains and rivers of his homeland.
2 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī — in an endless stream HSK 7
- 川 river, representing flowing water
- 流 flow, emphasizing the flowing motion
- 不 not, negation particle
- 息 stop, cease, to rest
Example

街上的车辆川流不息。

jiē shàng de chē liàng chuān liú bù xī

The vehicles on the street flow in an endless stream.

Structure & writing

川 chuān — river; waterway

川 is a component in 6 characters

HSK 3

带 dài ribbon, strip, or belt-shaped object

HSK 4

顺 shùn facing the same direction; opposite of 逆

HSK 5

训 xùn to teach; to admonish

HSK 7

侃 kǎn (lit.) upright and forthright 荒 huāng overgrown with weeds or uncultivated; desolate; unreasonable or incorrect 驯 xùn tame, docile (of animals)

川 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order