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峡

峡 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

「峽」の略体。「峽」については峽#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

gorge, ravine

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョウJHS
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • はざま
Nanori (used in names)
  • き
  • ば
Other languages
  • 拼音xia2
  • 한글hyeob
  • Hán-ViệtGiáp
  • Hán-ViệtHạp
  • Hán-ViệtHiệp
  • Hán-ViệtKẽm

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

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5CE1

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰山夹

Words using this kanji

  • 峡谷きょうこく切り立った崖などにれた谷。キャニオン。gorge, ravine, canyon, glen
  • 峡かいgorge, ravine
  • 峡部きょうぶからだの中で二つの構造体をつなぐ細い部分。isthmus
  • 峡湾きょうわんフィヨルド。fjord
  • 峡間きょうかん谷間。谷あい。between the mountains
  • 峡谷風きょうこくふうravine wind, canyon wind, gorge wind

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(18 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-6
Four Corner
2573.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o6.1
Heisig
1355
Nelson
1417