河(hé)

HSK 28 strokes

river (CL:条,道[dao4])

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Character information

Pinyin
hé
Meaning
river (CL:条,道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 河 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵可

In this compound, the meaning comes from 氵 (water); 可 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

氵shuǐ可kě

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 河 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 河

Common words using 河 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

sān三hé河

see 三河市[San1 he2 Shi4]

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wǔ五hé河

see 五河县

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xiān先hé河

source; precursor; forerunner

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qī七tái台hé河

see 七台河市

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qī七tái台hé河shì市

Qitaihe, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龙江省

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qī七lǐ里hé河

see 七里河区

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qī七lǐ里hé河qū区

Qilihe, a district of Lanzhou City 兰州市, Gansu

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sān三hé河shì市

Sanhe, a county-level city in Langfang City 廊坊市[Lang2 fang2 Shi4], Hebei

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三五先七台市里区

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