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涯 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
準2High school level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ガイがい · gai
Kun
はてhate
Meaning
limit; horizon

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 厓 "cliff": the cliff at the water's edge — the limit, the far end.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onガイがいgai生涯しょうがい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 生涯しょうがい

    one's whole life

  • 天涯てんがい

    the ends of the earth

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

彼(かれ)は生涯(しょうがい)を研究(けんきゅう)にささげた。

He devoted his whole life to research.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ガイAll maps

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