河

Glyph origin
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Etymology
Originally particularly used for the Yellow River, with other rivers known as. Later extended generally as a word for rivers in northern China but the influence of has meant that modern usage tends to favor it for shorter rivers and creeks except in historical cases.

External etymology uncertain. Various hypotheses have been proposed:
 * . Cognate with 🇨🇬.
 * A Mongolic loan. Compare 🇨🇬 > 🇨🇬 . This was argued against in.
 * Derived from.
 * , citing palaeographical and archaeological evidence, posits that the Yellow River's name stemmed from the shape, which resembles an adze handle, of a stretch spanning 500 to 600 kilometers "from , to east of ".

Definitions

 * 1) Yellow River, Huang He
 * 2)  ; the god of the Yellow River
 * 3)  ; the plan of the Yellow River mystic diagram said to have been supernaturally revealed
 * 4)  river, especially a smaller river, creek, or stream, as distinguished from  and
 * 5)  streamside; riverside
 * 6)  Milky Way
 * : He; Ho
 * 1)  river, especially a smaller river, creek, or stream, as distinguished from  and
 * 2)  streamside; riverside
 * 3)  Milky Way
 * : He; Ho
 * 1)  Milky Way
 * : He; Ho
 * : He; Ho
 * : He; Ho

Kanji

 * 1) river

Etymology 2
From.

Affix

 * 1) river

Etymology 3
From. The pronunciation is most similar to Cantonese /hɔː²¹/, although most Japanese mahjong terminology is taken from early 20th Century Mandarin.

Noun

 * 1)  river: a player's discard pile

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) river
 * 2) an amassed object with the shape of a river
 * 1) an amassed object with the shape of a river
 * 1) an amassed object with the shape of a river