河

hé

river; stream; the Yellow River

How to write 河, stroke by stroke

river (条,道); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 可

Made of 氵 + 可

河流hé liúriver
河边hé biānriver bank
爱河ài héthe river of love; a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
冰河bīng héglacier
河水hé shuǐriver water
河马hé mǎhippopotamus
运河yùn hécanal
河岸hé ànriverside; river bank
河谷hé gǔriver valley
大河dà hélarge river (esp the Yellow River)
河床hé chuángriverbed
小河xiǎo hécreek; stream; brook

这条路与河流平行。
zhè tiáo lù yǔ hé liú píng xíng 。
The road is parallel to the river.
剑齿虎是在冰河时期绝种的。
jiàn chǐ hǔ shì zài bīng hé shí qī jué zhǒng de 。
It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.
这条河里已经没有鱼了。
zhè tiáo hé lǐ yǐ jīng méi yǒu yú le 。
Fish have stopped living in this river.
大雨使河水泛滥。
dà yǔ shǐ hé shuǐ fàn làn 。
The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.
这艘船太大，没法通过运河。
zhè sōu chuán tài dà ， méi fǎ tōng guò yùn hé 。
This ship is too big to pass through the canal.