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Kanji Detail for 岬 - "cape, headland, promontory"

岬

  • Meaning

    岬 means "cape, headland, promontory."

    1. Cape - A point of land extending into water.

    2. Promontory - A high point of land projecting into the sea.

    3. Headland - A narrow piece of land jutting into the sea.

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    • Verified meaning: cape, headland, promontory
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さき, みさき)

    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 岬

    Given names 岬(さき)Listen 岬(みさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    headland; cape; spit; promontory

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cape; promontory, headland

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    cape (geography); headland

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cape; promontory, headland

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

    The side of a mountain. Also, the space between two mountains is called 岬. | A mountain jutting steeply into the sea is also called 岬 (cape).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    misaki(みさき) みさき

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    cape headland promontory gap cliff coastal coastline geography peninsula point projecting shore ocean sea jutting

Sentences including 岬

  • The ship sailed around the cape.

  • The boat sailed around the promontory.

  • There a cape pushes out into the sea.

  • Cape Dezhnev is 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle.

  • My uncle lived alone in a secluded house on the cape.

  • Thursday Island is situated in the Torres Strait between Australia's northernmost Cape York and New Guinea.

More kanji with the radical 山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

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