岬 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

headland, cape, spit, promontory

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • みさきJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • さき
Other languages
  • 拼音jia3
  • 한글gab
  • Hán-ViệtGiáp

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

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5CAC

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰山甲

Words using this kanji

  • みさき(みさき)陸地で海に突き出、前方と左右に海を望むことのできる地点。cape (on coast)
  • 岬湾こうわんcapes and bays, indentation (of a coast)
  • 岬角こうかくanat promontory, promontory

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-5
Four Corner
2675.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o5.4
Heisig
1196
Nelson
1412