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岌

岌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning

high, dangerous

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 山が高い。
  2. 危ない。危うい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「山」+音符「及」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キュウ
Kun (native)
  • たか(い)
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音ji2
  • 한글geub
  • Hán-ViệtNgập

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
山(やま)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5C8C

Components

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱山及

Words using this kanji

  • 岌岌きゅうきゅうtall (as a mountain, etc.), exceedingly dangerous山が高いさま。 危険なさま。 動作が速いさま。

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-4
Four Corner
2224.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o4.2