漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
峡: gorge, ravine
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 山mountain(meaning)
- 夹(sound)
山 carries the meaning · 夹 gives the sound
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 海峡かいきょうchannel (e.g. between two land masses)
- 峡谷きょうこくgorge; ravine; canyon
- 峡部きょうぶisthmus
Also read コウ, はざま, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand tall and look at the horizon! Three peaks reach for the clouds in perfect harmony.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side峡 gorge · 山
vs挟 pinch · 扌In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 峽 · xiá
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 峡. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 峽.
- Simplified
- 峡 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 峽 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiá 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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