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I was studying some radicals using an app and one of the radicals listed is
defined as river and looks like this:

> 巛

Yet I know the kanji for river looks like:

> 川

Can anyone explain to me what the difference is?
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Two Kanji Radicals for "River"?
川 is the kanji used normally for "river". 巛 (まがりがわ) is a radical, like
氵(さんずい).

When speaking about radicals, 川 and 巛 are said to be the same radical -
radical 47, but only 川 is seen as both a radical and a separate kanji while 巛
is only seen as part of other kanji. For example, 山川 is a word where 川 is a
whole kanji, and お巡りさん is a word with the 巛 radical (as part of 巡).
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