峽 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 山と山との間。谷あい。
  2. 山と山との間に挟まっている川。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「山」+音符「夾」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

gorge, strait, ravine, isthmus

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

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

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5CFD

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰山夾

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-7
Four Corner
2473.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o6.1
Nelson
1419