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河 - hé

river; stream; yellow river

river; stream; yellow river

How to read 河

Click 河 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyin
Englishriver; stream; yellow river
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

河伯 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 河内. Please read 河北 one more time.

Common words with this character

name or river God associated with Yellow river
Hanoi, capital of Vietnam
see 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3]
see 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]; see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 河 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 河伯 and 河内 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 河.