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垣

hedge
Stroke count: 9

Readings

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Kun readingかき
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. hedgeRtK
    猫は生け垣を通り抜けた。The cat got through the hedge.tatoeba
    彼は垣根を飛び越えた。He jumped over the hedge.tatoeba
  2. fence
    彼は馬にその垣を飛び越えさせた。He jumped his horse over the fence.tatoeba
    彼はその少年が垣根を飛び越えて、逃げていくのを見た。He saw the boy jump over the fence and run away.tatoeba
  3. wall
  1. railing
  2. barrier

Popular Usage

垣根

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · span · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · sun (日) · day (日) · one (一) · floor · one (一)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 165

Compound words

垣根かきね
hedge; fence; border; limit
石垣いしがき
stone wall
生垣いけがき
hedge
垣間見るかいまみる
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
茨垣いばらがき
thorn hedge
垣牆えんしょう
hedge
忌垣いがき
fence around a shrine (or other sacred area)
斎垣いがき
fence around a shrine (or other sacred area)
柴垣しばがき
brushwood fence
人垣ひとがき
wall of people
竹垣たけがき
bamboo fence (hedge)
中垣なかがき
middle fence
齋垣いがき
fence around a shrine (or other sacred area)
籬垣ませがき
short roughly woven fence
斎み垣いみがき
shrine fence

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

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