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Kanji Detail for 崖 - "cliff, precipice, brink"

崖

  • Meaning

    崖 means "cliff, precipice, brink."

    1. Cliff - A steep rock face.

    2. Precipice - A dangerous edge; a steep drop.

    3. Brink - The edge of a steep place.

  • Four-character idioms with 崖

    • 断崖絶壁 だんがいぜっぺき Listen precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation

  • Tattoo check: 崖

    • Verified meaning: cliff, precipice, brink
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きし, はけ)

    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 崖

    Surnames 崖(きし)Listen 崖(はけ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cliff; bluff; precipice

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cliff, precipice; precipitous

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. [yai2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cliff, precipice; precipitous

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

    Interchangeable with 厓. The edge of a mountain. An unapproachable personality is called 崖岸, meaning too lofty to approach.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gai(ガイ) ガイ

    ge(ゲ) ゲ

    gi(ギ) ギ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    gake(がけ) がけ

    hate(はて) はて

    kishi(きし) きし

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    cliff precipice brink abyss bluff chasm crag danger drop edge escarpment face height ravine ridge rock sharp slope steep

Sentences including 崖

  • His son fell over the cliff.

  • Down went the bus over the cliff.

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