11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

cliff, bluff, precipice

Kun'yomi
  • cliff ②precipice
  • きし
  • はて
On'yomi
  • ガイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

がけ 75.4%
ガイ 24.6%

Character Breakdown

cliff, bluff, precipice
がけ ガイ ゲ (11th)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
precipice, shore, bank
ガイ ゲ ギ
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
square jewel, corner, angle
ケイ ケ か (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

Common Words

cliff ②precipice
cliff edge ②perilous position
below a cliff
path along a cliff
fiscal cliff (e.g. potential 2013 US financial crisis)
taking unnecessary risks
glass cliff (corporate leadership)
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References

Unicode hex code 5D16
JIS X 0208 1-19-19
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1428
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1488
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2862
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1988
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2227
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 841
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1737
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 8180
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1556
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3o8.11
Four corner code 2221.4