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mountain stream
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingケイ
Kun readingたに、たにがわ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. mountain streamRtK
  2. valley
  1. ravine
  2. gorge
  3. canyon

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · claw · vulture · husband

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 903

Compound words

渓谷けいこく
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
渓流けいりゅう
mountain stream; mountain torrent
雪渓せっけい
snowy valley
渓澗けいかん
mountain stream
渓間けいかん
ravine
渓声けいせい
sound of a valley stream
渓壑けいがく
ravine
厳美渓げんびけい
Genbi Gorge (Ichinoseki-shi, Iwate-ken)
猊鼻渓げいびけい
Geibi Gorge (Ichinoseki, Iwate)
渓流釣りけいりゅうづり
mountain stream fishing

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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