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Animated Stroke Order 河

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How to write 河 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 河

河 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

河=氵water+可can, possible

Water (氵) and a possible (可) — a river that flows steadily and can be crossed.

4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 河

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 河

HSK words that contain this character.

黄河

huáng hé

Yellow River

河流

hé liú

river

河畔

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 河 is used in context

wǒ我

men们

zài在

hé河

biān边

sàn散

bù

Information

Pinyinhé

Meaningriver

Strokes8

Radical氵

Traditional河

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#526

Zhuyinㄏㄜˊ

UnicodeU+6CB3

CangjieEMR

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hé pàn

riverside / riverbank

HSK 3.0 L7-9

运河

yùn hé

Canal

步

hěn很

yú愉

kuài快

。

We had a pleasant walk by the riverside.

zhè这

tiáo条

hé河

liú流

de的

shuǐ水

hěn很

qīng清

chè澈

。

The water in this river is very clear.

zhè这

tiáo条

hé河

de的

shuǐ水

hěn很

qīng清

。

The water in this river is very clear.

huáng黄

hé河

shì是

zhōng中

guó国

de的

mǔ母

qīn亲

hé河

。

The Yellow River is the mother river of China.

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