谷 – valley

7 strokesTaught in grade 2#508 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 谷 means valley. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コク (koku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たに、きわ.まる (tani, kiwamaru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 谷 (no. 150).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コク	koku
Kun’yomi	たに	tani
Kun’yomi	きわ.まる	kiwamaru

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: 谷 (Kangxi radical 150). Components: 口・ハ・个.

Words using 谷

谷たにvalley

Example sentences

谷は彼の呼び声でこだました。

The valley echoed with his call.

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