river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4])

(bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]

water (氵) + sound [可] = river

可 gives the sound hé; the water radical anchors the meaning to flowing water. 河 most famously refers to the Yellow River, China's iconic waterway.

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Words with 河

河叉

hé chà

river mouth

通河

tōng hé

see 通河縣|通河县[Tong1 he2 Xian4]

通河县

tōng hé xiàn

Tonghe, a county in Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市[Ha1 er3 bin1 Shi4], Heilongjiang

运河

yùn hé

see 運河區|运河区[Yun4 he2 Qu1]

运河区

yùn hé qū

Yunhe, a district of Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei

过河拆桥

guò hé chāi qiáo

lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)

辽河

liáo hé

Liao River of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning

临河

lín hé

see 臨河區|临河区[Lin2 he2 Qu1]

金口河

jīn kǒu hé

Jinkouhe district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 shi4], Sichuan

金口河区

jīn kǒu hé qū

Jinkouhe district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 shi4], Sichuan

银河

yín hé

Milky Way

银河星云

yín hé xīng yún

a galactic nebula

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