峡 – gorge, ravine

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1833 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 峡 means gorge, ravine. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ、コウ (kyou, kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はざま (hazama). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 山 (no. 46).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	はざま	hazama

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 山 (Kangxi radical 46). Components: 山・人・大・二・并・亠.

Words using 峡

海峡かいきょうchannel (e.g. between two land masses)

Example sentences

アメリカンインディアンの祖先は、ベーリング海峡を経由してアジアから米大陸へ渡った。

The ancestors of Native Americans went to the continent from Asia by way of the Bering Strait.

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Kanji with the same radical

山島岸崩岩岳峰嵐峠崇岬崖

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