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Kanji Detail for 谷 - "valley, gorge, depth"

  • Meaning

    谷 means "valley, gorge, depth."

    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.

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

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