河
Meaning
- river
- (bound form) the Yellow River
- (bound form) the Milky Way
Measure word
条 tiáo
Example sentence
他游过了河。
He swam across the river.
The character 河
河 is 氵, water, beside 可, and it named one river — the Yellow River — before it meant any of them. 小河 a stream, 过河 to cross one; 江 is the other word, and it started as the Yangtze.