崖 – cliff, bluff, precipice

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N1 vocabulary

The kanji 崖 means cliff, bluff, precipice. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガイ、ゲ、ギ (gai, ge, gi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is がけ、きし、はて (gake, kishi, hate). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 山 (no. 46).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガイ	gai
On’yomi	ゲ	ge
On’yomi	ギ	gi
Kun’yomi	がけ	gake
Kun’yomi	きし	kishi
Kun’yomi	はて	hate

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・土・厂.

Words using 崖

崖がけcliff

Example sentences

その崖は道路の上に突き出ている。

The cliff hangs over the road.

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Kanji with the same radical

山島岸崩岩岳峡峰嵐峠崇岬

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