漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
岸: beach
JLPT N28 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
山 carries the meaning · 厂 and 干 are drawn in
8 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ガンgan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 岸壁がんぺきwharf, steep cliff
- 海岸かいがんcoast, beach
- 沿岸えんがん(along) coast, shore
- 対岸たいがんopposite bank
- 彼岸ひがんequinoctial week, Nirvana
きしkishi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 岸きしbank
- 向こう岸むこうぎしopposite bank
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 河岸かしriverbank, fish market
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)屵 cliff (meaning) + 干 (sound)
The edge of the land. Its proto-form was 屵.
Source: Wiktionary, 岸 (rev. 92200369), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Mountain (山) + cliff + dry/shield. The "shore" or "coast" where the "mountains" and "cliffs" meet the water—a rugged and "dry" boundary.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ガン
10 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · àn
Same form: 岸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 岸 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 岸 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin àn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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