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Kanji Detail for 瀧 - "waterfall, rapids"

瀧

  • Meaning

    瀧 means "waterfall, rapids."

    1. Waterfall - Water falling from height.

    2. Rapids - Fast-flowing water.

  • Tattoo check: 瀧

    • Verified meaning: waterfall, rapids
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たき, たきざき, たつ)

    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 瀧

    Surnames 瀧(たき)Listen 瀧(たきざき)Listen 瀧(たつ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    waterfall; rapids; cascade

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    raining; wet; soaked; a river in Guangdong

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river 武水)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    raining; wet, soaked; rapids; a river in Guangdong

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

    Rushing rapids. Zhejiang has Seven-Li Rapids, which is the Fuchun River. Commonly read like 龍 in Departing tone.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    roh(ロウ) ロウ

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    taki(たき) たき

  • Strokes

    tip

    19 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    waterfall rapids cascade current falling water flow stream torrent

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