Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
谿
mountain stream, valley
Kun:
たにたにがわ
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2063 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 渓谷 【ケイコク】 valley (with a river running through it), gorge, ravine, canyon
  • 渓流 【ケイリュウ】 mountain stream, mountain torrent
  • 雪渓 【セッケイ】 snowy valley
  • 猊鼻渓 【ゲイビケイ】 Geibi Gorge (Ichinoseki, Iwate)

Kun reading compounds

  • 谷 【たに】 valley

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • arroyo de montaña
  • valle
  • garganta

Portuguese

  • corrente de montanha
  • vale

French

  • torrent
  • gorge
  • vallée étroite
1199 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1822 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2581 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1846 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1484 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1330A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1884 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2053 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1843 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1206 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
628 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
380 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
474 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
848 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
516 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3196 New Nelson (John Haig)
840 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
903 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1454 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
363 2001 Kanji
3a8.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3213.4 Four corner code
1-23-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e13 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
lake
Kun:
みずうみ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1344 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 湖 【コ】 lake (in place names)
  • 湖沼 【コショウ】 lake, marsh, wetland, inland waters
  • 汽水湖 【キスイコ】 brackish lake
  • 塩水湖 【エンスイコ】 saltwater or saline lake

Kun reading compounds

  • 湖 【みずうみ】 lake
  • 白鳥の湖 【はくちょうのみずうみ】 Swan Lake (ballet)
  • 白鳥の湖 【はくちょうのみずうみ】 Swan Lake (ballet)

Readings

Japanese names:
うみ、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • lago

Portuguese

  • lago

French

  • lac
394 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
293 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
276 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1086 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2628 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
573 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
699 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1584 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
467 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
475 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
453 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1220 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
736 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
439 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
551 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
150 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17836 Morohashi
604 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3240 New Nelson (John Haig)
148 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
159 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
396 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
346 2001 Kanji
3a9.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3712.0 Four corner code
1-24-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e56 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
hiding enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
ward, district
On:
オウコウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
137 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 区 【ク】 ward, borough, city (in Tokyo), district (e.g. electoral), section, zone (e.g. postal)
  • 区域 【クイキ】 area, zone, district, quarter, section, limits, boundary
  • 学区 【ガック】 school district, school area
  • 鉱区 【コウク】 mining area, mine lot

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu1, ou1
Korean:
gu, u

Spanish

  • barrio
  • distrito
  • sección

Portuguese

  • waº
  • distrito

French

  • circonscription
  • arrondissement
591 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
282 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
465 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
67 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
757 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
168 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
131 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
183 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
183 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
548 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
233 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3681 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1879 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2559 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1712 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2674 Morohashi
2963 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
585 New Nelson (John Haig)
1696 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1831 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
243 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
7171.4 Four corner code
1-22-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
533a Unicode hex code