What 川 means
川 means a river or stream.
Shang oracle-bone writing (marks carved on bones and shells) and Western Zhou bronze inscriptions show earlier watercourse forms that developed into 川. The Han-era dictionary Shuowen Jiezi describes it as connected flowing water.
Why does 川 mean Sichuan?
In 四川, 川 forms part of the name Sichuan.
One account links the name to four Song-era administrative divisions; another links it to rivers. “Four rivers” is not a settled etymology.
Who writes 川
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Sichuan, the place name.
Unceasing flow, literal or figurative.
Sichuan cuisine.
Questions people ask
1Why does 川 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 川
- Search it as
- chuan · kawa · sen · river · stream · Sichuan · 川菜
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
川CSS
\5DDDMandarin Pinyin IME
Type
chuan; choose 川.Japanese IME
Type
kawa or sen; convert and choose 川.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
川
HTML hex
川
CSS content
content: "\5DDD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E5%B7%9D
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.