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Kanji Detail for 岐 - "to diverge, fork, crossroads"

岐

  • Meaning

    岐 means "to diverge, fork, crossroads."

    1. To diverge - To branch off.

    2. Fork - A branching road.

    3. Crossroads - A place where roads divide.

  • Words using 岐

    • 岐阜 ぎふ Listen Gifu (city, prefecture)
    • 多岐 たき Listen diverse; various; wide-ranging
    • 分岐点 ぶんきてん Listen fork; junction; diverging point
    • 岐路 きろ Listen forked road; crossroads
    • 分岐 ぶんき Listen divergence; ramification; bifurcation

  • Four-character idioms with 岐

    • 多岐亡羊 たきぼうよう Listen too many options making selection difficult; truth being hard to find as paths to it proliferate
    • 多岐多様 たきたよう Listen wide-ranging and diverse; multifarious
    • 文武不岐 ぶんぶふき Listen scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path
    • 複雑多岐 ふくざつたき Listen complex and wide-ranging; labyrinthine

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    • Verified meaning: to diverge, fork, crossroads
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read き, きさき, たかし, ふなと)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 岐

    Given names 岐(たかし)Listen

    Surnames 岐(き)Listen 岐(きさき)Listen 岐(ふなと)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    branch off; fork in road; scene; arena; theater

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    high; majestic; fork in road

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Qi; also used in place names

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to diverge, to branch; the name of a mountain

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A mountain name. In present-day Qishan County, Shaanxi. King Tai of Zhou moved from Bin to settle here. | A fork in the road. A road branching off is called 岐. Sometimes written as 歧. | Outstanding. Such as 岐嶷, meaning showing exceptional promise in youth, different from ordinary children. See (Book of Odes).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gi(ギ) ギ

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    to diverge fork crossroads branch divergence bifurcation divide intersection junction parting separate split tributary

Sentences including 岐

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