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Kanji Detail for 渓 - "valley, ravine, stream"

渓

  • Meaning

    渓 means "valley, ravine, stream."

    1. Valley - A low area between hills.

    2. Ravine - A deep narrow gorge.

    3. Stream - Water flowing through a valley.

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    • Verified meaning: valley, ravine, stream
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read けい, たに, みず)

    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 渓

    Given names 渓(けい)Listen

    Surnames 渓(たに)Listen 渓(みず)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mountain stream; valley

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mountain stream, creek

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 溪[xi1]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kei(ケイ) ケイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tani(たに) たに

    tanigawa(たにがわ) たにがわ

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    valley ravine stream brook canyon creek dale gorge glen hollow landscape nature river rivulet scenery

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