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Kanji Detail for 谷 - "valley"

  • Meaning

    谷 means "valley." Also associated with path, to reach an end.

    1. Valley - A depression between mountains.

    2. Path - Route; course.

    3. To reach an end - To be stuck; to be cornered.

    4. To nurture - To raise; to cultivate.

  • Words using

    • 谷川 たにがわ Listen mountain stream
    • 谷間 たにま Listen valley; ravine; gorge
    • 渋谷 しぶや Listen Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 深山幽谷 しんざんゆうこく Listen deep mountain valleys
  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: valley
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こく, さきがや, たに, たにさき)
    • Also carries these associations: path, to reach an end

    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

    Surnames (こく)Listen (さきがや)Listen (たに)Listen (たにさき)Listen (たにざき)Listen (たにたか)Listen (たにむら)Listen (はざま)Listen (やざき)Listen (やつ)Listen (やなや)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    valley

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    valley, gorge, ravine; Kangxi radical 150

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    grain; corn

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    valley, gorge, ravine

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

    A watercourse between two mountains. Today commonly any hollow space in mountains is called 谷. | Exhausted. Such as saying 進退維谷 (caught in a dilemma). Appears in the Book of Odes. Pronounced as 鹿 (Lu), Entering tone | 谷蠡 (guli). A title of vassal kings among the Xiongnu. Appears in "Records of the Grand Historian." | A state name. Tuyuhun. The Xianbei tribe. Had a state at Qinghai. Through Jin to Tang. Read as 突欲魂.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • Let's meet at shibuya station at six.

  • I really look up to my english teacher , mr taniguchi.

  • Mr tani and his wife were present at that party.

  • We went down to the valley where the village is.

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