Jisho

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崖

11 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
厂 土 山
Variants:
厓
cliff, bluff, precipice
Kun:
がけ、 きし、 はて
On:
ガイ、 ゲ、 ギ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

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On reading compounds

  • 崖下 【ガイカ】 below a cliff
  • 崖上 【ガイジョウ】 cliff top
  • 断層崖 【ダンソウガイ】 fault scarp, fault escarpment
  • 崎崖 【キガイ】 steepness of a mountain

Kun reading compounds

  • 崖 【がけ】 cliff, precipice, precipice, brink of a dangerous situation
  • 崖上 【がいじょう】 cliff top
  • 財政の崖 【ざいせいのがけ】 fiscal cliff (e.g. potential 2013 US financial crisis), fiscal precipice
  • ガラスの崖 【ガラスのがけ】 glass cliff (corporate leadership)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya2, ai2
Korean:
ae, eui

Spanish

  • acantilado
  • precipicio
  • despeñadero

Portuguese

French

1428 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1737 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1556 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2862 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1988 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8180 Morohashi
1488 New Nelson (John Haig)
2227 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
841 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3o8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2221.4 Four corner code
1-19-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5d16 Unicode hex code

端

14 strokes
Radical:
stand, erect 立
Parts:
山 立 而
edge, origin, end, point, border, verge, cape
Kun:
はし、 は、 はた、 -ばた、 はな
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
960 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 端 【タン】 origin, beginning, variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, tip, extremity
  • 端緒 【タンショ】 start, beginning, first step, clue
  • 末端 【マッタン】 end, tip, extremities, terminal
  • 北端 【ホクタン】 northern extremity

Kun reading compounds

  • 端 【はし】 end (e.g. of street), tip, point, edge, margin, beginning, start, first, odds and ends, scrap, odd bit, least
  • 端 【はした】 fraction, odd sum, odd money, small change, low class female servant
  • 木の端 【きのはし】 fragment of wood
  • 道の端 【みちのはし】 edge of a street
  • 端 【はし】 end (e.g. of street), tip, point, edge, margin, beginning, start, first, odds and ends, scrap, odd bit, least
  • 端 【はした】 fraction, odd sum, odd money, small change, low class female servant
  • 切羽 【きりは】 face, working face
  • 継端 【つぎは】 opportunity to continue a conversation
  • 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
  • 端から 【はたから】 from outside, from the side
  • 端 【はし】 end (e.g. of street), tip, point, edge, margin, beginning, start, first, odds and ends, scrap, odd bit, least
  • 鼻先 【はなさき】 tip of nose, before one's eyes, under one's nose, in front of, tip (of something)
  • 出鼻 【でばな】 projecting part (of a headland, etc.), moment of departure, (on the) point of going out, outset, start, beginning
  • 上がり端 【あがりはな】 entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house), start of a rise (e.g. in prices)

Readings

Japanese names:
ただし、 みず
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duan1
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • correcto
  • justo
  • filo
  • borde
  • punta
  • extremo

Portuguese

  • margem
  • origem
  • fim
  • ponto
  • borda
  • limite
  • cabo (geog.)

French

  • bord
  • origine
  • bout
  • pointe
  • bordure
  • rebord
  • cap
1567 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
942 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3363 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1380 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1601 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2306 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1418 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1507 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
680 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1462 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1564 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
826 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1131 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1175 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25806 Morohashi
1221 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4243 New Nelson (John Haig)
1167 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1251 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1720 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
453 2001 Kanji
5b9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-9 SKIP code
0212.7 Four corner code
1-35-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7aef Unicode hex code

歩

8 strokes
Radical:
stop 止
Parts:
ノ 小 止
walk, counter for steps
Kun:
ある.く、 あゆ.む
On:
ホ、 ブ、 フ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
554 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歩 【ホ】 step, stride, counter for steps
  • 歩行 【ホコウ】 walking, walk
  • 遊歩 【ユウホ】 walk, promenade
  • 牛歩 【ギュウホ】 snail's pace, slow progress
  • 歩 【ブ】 bu, traditional unit of area, approx. 3.31 square metres, commission, percentage, exactly, precisely
  • 歩合 【ブアイ】 rate, ratio, percentage, commission, poundage, percentage
  • 町歩 【チョウブ】 hectare (2.471 acres)
  • 町段畝歩 【チョウタンセブ】 units of square measure (for rice fields, forests, etc.)
  • 歩 【フ】 pawn
  • 歩兵 【フヒョウ】 pawn
  • 敵歩 【テキフ】 opponents pawn
  • 二歩 【ニフ】 dropping two unpromoted pawns on the same file (illegal move)

Kun reading compounds

  • 歩く 【あるく】 to walk
  • 歩む 【あゆむ】 to walk, to go on foot, to tread (a figurative path), to follow, to lead (a life), to experience, to advance towards (e.g. a solution), to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.), to embark (on the road to ...)

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 ゆき、 ゆみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • camino
  • caminar
  • razón
  • proporción
  • ir a pie

Portuguese

  • passeio

French

  • marcher
  • compteur de pas
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
221 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
202 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
312 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2433 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
433 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
204 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
694 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
431 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
437 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
176 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1130 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3071 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1566 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
377 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16284 Morohashi
2416 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2958 New Nelson (John Haig)
371 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
397 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
267 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
165 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1260 2001 Kanji
3n5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
2120.9 Four corner code
1-42-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b69 Unicode hex code