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谷

谷 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. たに。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。原字は「𠔁」で、羨符「口」を加えて「谷」の字体となる。「たに」を意味する漢語｛谷｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

valley

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コクJHS
Kun (native)
  • たにElem.
  • きわ(まる)
Nanori (used in names)
  • がい
  • がえ
  • がや
  • せ
  • たり
  • たん
  • や
Other languages
  • 拼音gu3
  • 拼音yu4
  • 한글gog
  • 한글yog
  • Hán-ViệtCốc
  • Hán-ViệtLộc
  • Hán-ViệtDục

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

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
谷(たに)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8C37

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳八人口

Words using this kanji

  • 谷たに（たに）両側を高地とし、それに垂直に低地が長く続く地形。 （たに）日本人の姓の一つ。valley, ravine, gorge, canyon
  • 谷川たにがわ「たにがわ」の漢字表記。mountain stream
  • 谷間たにま「たにあい」の漢字表記。 「たにま」の漢字表記。valley, ravine, gorge, chasm
  • 谷底たにぞこvalley floor, bottom of a gorge, bottom of a ravine
  • 谷地やちmarsh land, swamp
  • 谷風たにかぜvalley wind
  • 谷懐たにぶところvalley in a deep mountain
  • 谷水たにみずrill, valley water
  • 谷町たにまちsponsors of rikishi or their stables
  • 谷偏たにへんkanji "valley" radical at left
  • 谷蟆たにぐくJapanese toad (Bufo japonicus)
  • 谷筋たにすじchannel (of a stream, valley, etc.)
  • 谷垣派たにがきはTanigaki Faction (of the LDP)
  • 谷空木たにうつぎWeigela hortensis (species of deciduous shrub in the honeysuckle family)
  • 谷地鼠やちねずみJapanese red-backed vole (Myodes andersoni), red-backed vole (any rodent of genus Myodes)
  • 谷氷河たにひょうがvalley glacier
  • 谷渡りたにわたりtraveling from valley to valley, crossing a valley, singing of the Japanese bush warbler
  • 谷折りたにおりvalley fold (origami)
  • 谷地ダモやちダモManchurian ash (Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica)
  • 谷底平野こくていへいやvalley plain

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-5
Four Corner
8060.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2o5.3
Heisig
851
Nelson
4458