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崎

崎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （山道などが）けわしい。
  2. あやうい。やすらかでないさま。
  3. （日本）みさき。陸地が海中や湖中に突き出した所。埼、碕。
  4. （日本）山の出張った先端。山の鼻。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「山」+音符「奇」。「けわしい」を意味する漢語｛崎｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

promontory, cape, spit

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キ
Kun (native)
  • さきElem.
  • さい
  • みさき
Other languages
  • 拼音qi2
  • 한글gi
  • Hán-ViệtKhi

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

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5D0E

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰山奇

Words using this kanji

  • 崎さきsmall peninsula, cape, promontory, headland
  • 崎崖きがいsteepness of a mountain
  • 崎嶇きくsteep (mountain), precipitous, hard (life), difficult

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
2472.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o8.3
Heisig
840
Nelson
1426