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The Kanji Map

Kanji

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

垣

Radical

Radical: 土

Meaning: earth

Reading: つち

Frequency: 580

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

土

Examples

Onyomi Examples

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)

Kunyomi Examples

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

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