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渓 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
準2High school level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ケイけい · kei
Kun
たに・たにがわtani · tanigawa
Meaning
mountain stream; ravine

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water plus a phonetic element: a narrow stream running between mountains.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケイけいkei渓谷けいこく渓流けいりゅう雪渓せっけい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 渓谷けいこく

    ravine; gorge

  • 渓流けいりゅう

    mountain stream

More words with this kanji

  • 渓澗けいかん
  • 耶馬渓やばけい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

渓谷(けいこく)に沿(そ)って山道(さんどう)を歩(ある)いた。

I walked the mountain path along the ravine.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ケイAll maps

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