川
The story of 川
river
川 and 水 shares the same character in Orace Bone script, then divided into 2 different characters. However, nowadays, we use 河 to represent river instead, while 川 only exists in the name of place or idiom.
Vocabulary of 川
- 四川 (Sichuan province
- means 4 rivers in literal)
- 川流不息 (idioms
- never ending as river flows)