漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
渓: mountain stream, valley
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 氵water(meaning)
- 奚(sound)
氵 carries the meaning · 奚 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 渓谷けいこくvalley (with a river running through it)
- 渓流けいりゅうmountain stream; mountain torrent
- 雪渓せっけいsnowy valley
Also read たに, たにがわ, 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
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 溪 · xī
渓 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 溪 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 溪 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 溪 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xī 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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