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峡 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「山」

道
3Junior high level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「山」
On
キョウ・コウきょう・こう · kyō · kō
Kun
はざまhazama
Meaning
gorge; ravine

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

山 "mountain" with 夾: a narrow place pinched between mountains — a gorge.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキョウきょうkyō峡谷きょうこく地峡ちきょう海峡かいきょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 海峡かいきょう

    strait

  • 峡谷きょうこく

    canyon

More words with this kanji

  • 韃靼海峡だったんかいきょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

海峡(かいきょう)を船(ふね)で渡(わた)った。

We crossed the strait by ship.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

海峡峡谷峡海sea谷valley崩crumbl…屮a spro…山mounta…屯be sta…屶a hatc…孔hole巧skilfu…甲armour坑pit拘arrest
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 山Map of reading キョウAll maps

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