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崖 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「山」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「山」
On
ガイ・ゲ・ギがい・げ・ぎ · gai · ge · gi
Kun
がけ・きし・はてgake · kishi · hate
Meaning
cliff

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mountain plus a sheer drop: the place where the hillside falls away — a cliff.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onガイがいgai断崖だんがい
Kunがけgake崖下がいか

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 断崖だんがい

    precipice; sheer cliff

  • 崖下がけした

    the foot of a cliff

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

崖(がけ)の上(うえ)から海(うみ)を眺(なが)めた。

I gazed at the sea from the top of the cliff.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

崖下断崖崖下down断to cut…嵐storm屮a spro…山mounta…屯be sta…屶a hatc…牙tusk伎skill蓋lid骸bones乂to mow
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 山Map of reading ガイAll maps

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