河 hé river
Made up of [氵 shuǐ water radical 85, 可 kě can; may; able to ]Made with 8 strokes.
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 氵 shuǐ component: 波 bō (wave) 法 fǎ (law) ; 港 gǎng (harbor) ; 海 hǎi (sea) ; 汗 hàn (perspiration) ; 汉 hàn (chinese) ; 洪 hóng (flood) ; 湖 hú (lake) ; 活 huó (to live) ; 济 jì (to cross a river) ; 江 jiāng (river) ; 津 jīn (ferry crossing) ; 酒 jiǔ (wine) ; 满 mǎn (to fill) ; 没 méi (have not) ; 泡 pào (bubble) ; 汽 qì (steam) ; 浅 qiǎn (shallow) ; 清 qīng (clear) ; 涉 shè (to wade) ; 洗 xǐ (to wash) ; 演 yǎn (to develop) ; 渔 yú (fishing) ; 泽 zé (pool) ; 治 zhì (to rule) ; 洲 zhōu (region)
Also uses 可 kě component: 啊 á (what?) 哥 gē (elder brother) ; 哥 gē (elder brother) ; 何 hé (what) ; 奇 qí (strange)
Sounds same
和 hé (together) ; 禾 hé (grain) ; 何 hé (what) ; 合 hé (to close) ; 曷 hé (why)Different tone
喝 hē (drink)Pronunciation
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Provinces
河北 Hebei河南 Henan
Cities
七台河 Qitaihe, Heilongjiang漯河 Luohe, Henan
石河 Shihezi, Xinjiang
河源 Heyuan, Guangdong
Proverbs
不到黄河不死心 bù dào Huáng hé bù sǐ xīn Keep going until you hit an insurmountable obstacle常在河边走,哪能不湿鞋 cháng zài hé biān zǒu, nǎ néng bù shī xié You can't ignore the local conditions
过河拆桥 guò hé chāi qiáo Not showing due consideration for others
河东狮吼 hé dōng shī hǒu A husband under the control of a domineering wife. The story is of Chen Zao of the Song dynasty who often had guests around in the evening. If his wife got to hear that there were other women with him she would knock on the wall and roar. A hen-pecked man.