渓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

「溪」の略体。「溪」については溪#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

mountain stream, valley

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケイJHS
Kun (native)
  • たに
  • たにがわ
Other languages
  • 拼音xi1
  • 한글gye
  • Hán-ViệtKhê

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

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6E13

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵⿱爫夫

Words using this kanji

  • 渓谷けいこく谷。「渓」は「たに」「たにがわ」の意。valley (with a river running through it), gorge, ravine, canyon
  • 渓流けいりゅう谷川。また、谷川の流れ。mountain stream, mountain torrent
  • 渓間けいかん谷間。谷あい。ravine
  • 渓声けいせいsound of a valley stream
  • 渓壑けいがくravine, chasm, ravenous desire, insatiable desire
  • 渓澗けいかん渓谷。谷川。mountain stream, valley
  • 渓水けいすい谷川の水。mountain stream, the water of a mountain stream
  • 渓泉けいせんa spring that gushes forth from a valley
  • 渓流釣りけいりゅうづりmountain stream fishing

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(12 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
3213.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a8.16
Heisig
903
Nelson
2581