Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1539 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 9
Meaning: hedge, fence, wall
Kunyomi: かき
Onyomi: エン
Composition: 土 亘
Radical: 土
Meaning: earth
Reading: つち
Frequency: 580
Alternative forms:
垣牆 (エンショウ) hedge, fence
紫微垣 (シビエン) Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)
垣 (かき) fence, hedge, railing, barrier, wall
垣根 (かきね) hedge, fence, border, limit
斎垣 (いがき) fence around a shrine (or other sacred area)
築垣 (ついがき) mud wall with a roof