垣 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

hedge, fence, wall

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エン
Kun (native)
  • かきJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • がい
Other languages
  • 拼音yuan2
  • 한글weon
  • Hán-ViệtViên

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+57A3

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰土亘

Words using this kanji

  • 垣根かきね「かきね」の漢字表記。hedge, fence, border, limit
  • かき(かき)垣根。fence, hedge, railing, barrier
  • 垣間見るかいまみるto take a peep at, to catch a glimpse of
  • 垣牆えんしょうhedge, fence
  • 垣間かきまgap (in a fence or hedge), chink, opening
  • 垣繕うかきつくろうspringtime repairing of fences after winter damage
  • 垣根越しかきねごしover the fence (e.g. looking, conducting a conversation), back-fence
  • 垣間聞くかいまきくto get wind of
  • 垣を作るかきをつくるto put up an (emotional) wall (between two people), to become distant, to form a wall (of people)
  • 垣間見えるかいまみえるto show through, to be hinted at, to peek through, to shine through
  • 垣根越しに見るかきねごしにみるto look over the fence
  • 垣堅くして犬入らずかきかたくしていぬいらずa wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside, a house divided against itself cannot stand

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(51 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-6
Four Corner
4111.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3b6.5
Heisig
165
Nelson
1075