河hé
river, stream. 8 strokes, radical 氵, first met in HSK 2.
Pinyin héStrokes 8Radical 氵Band HSK 2Words 1
How to write 河
Strokes 1–3 write 氵, then strokes 4–8 write 可.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 河 · the stroke-order rules
What 河 is made of
氵 (shuǐ, water) and 可 (kě, may).
氵 carries the meaning — water — and 可 carries the sound.
Words that use 河
| 河 | river, stream 从高处流向低处的一条水道 孩子们喜欢在河里游泳。Children like to swim in the river. Lesson 30, 做好事 · 山川胜境与丹青流韵 · Rivers, Lakes, Artistic Hues & Coastal New Year |
Characters that share the sound part 可
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 氵
All 76 of them, and what the radical means, on the 氵 radical page.