涯 – horizon, shore, limit

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1525 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 涯 means horizon, shore, limit, bound. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガイ (gai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はて (hate). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガイ	gai
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: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・土・厂.

Words using 涯

生涯しょうがいlife

Example sentences

叔母は幸せな生涯を送った。

My aunt lived a happy life.

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彼は生涯独身のままだった。

He remained a bachelor all his life.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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