漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
嵯: steep, craggy
Also: rugged
JLPT N113 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
山 carries the meaning · 差 is drawn in
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
サsa · on'yomi · in compounds
- 嵯峨野線さがのせんSagano Line (Kyoto)
- 嵯峨美術大学さがびじゅつだいがくKyoto Saga University of Arts
Also read シ, 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
差
Also built on distinction (差)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side嵯 steep · 山
vs瑳 polish · 王In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cuó
Same form: 嵯 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 嵯 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 嵯 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cuó 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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