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岌 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「山」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「山」
On
キュウきゅう · kyū
Kun
たか.いtaka.i
Meaning
high and perilous

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mountain 山 with 及 as phonetic: high and precarious.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 岌岌きゅうきゅう

    perilous; precarious

  • 危急ききゅう

    emergency; crisis

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

国(くに)は岌岌たる危機(きき)にあった。

The country stood in grave peril.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

危急危急岌危danger…急hurry屮a spro…屶a hatc…屹to tow…岑peak岔a fork…糺to cal…邱a hill苙a pen…穹the va…疚to fee…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 山Map of reading キュウAll maps

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