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Readings

Kana: ガイ、ゲ、ギ、がけ、きし、はて
Romaji: gai, ge, gi, gake, kishi, hate
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

cliff, bluff, precipice

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  46
Frequency: 
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-3-8
Korean Reading:  eui
Chinese Reading:  ai2
Unicode:  5d16
JIS:  3333

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1428
New Nelson Index: 1488
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3o8.11
Four Corner Index: 2221.4
Japanese Names Index: 1737
Daikanwanjiten Index: 8180
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0248
Remembering the kanji Index: 2227
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1988
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 841
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2862

Words

(がけ)
cliff
崖っ縁 (がけっぷち)
edge (e.g. of a cliff, precipice); critical point or moment
磨崖仏 (まがいぶつ)
Buddha figure carved on a rock face
石垣 (いしがき、いしがけ)
stone wall
懸崖 (けんがい)
overhanging cliff
断崖 (だんがい)
palisade; cliff
断崖絶壁 (だんがいぜっぺき)
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice
海食崖 (かいしょくがい)
sea cliff
崎崖 (きがい)
steepness of a mountain
崖崩れ (がけくずれ)
landslide; landslip
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