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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

1428 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: branch off, fork in road, scene, arena, theater

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: キ, ギ

Composition: 山 支

岐

Radical

Radical: 山

Meaning: mountain

Reading: やま

Frequency: 636

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)(alt radical position kanmuri)

山

Examples

Onyomi Examples

岐路 (キロ) forked road, crossroads

多岐 (タキ) digression, many divergences

壱岐 (イキ) Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture), Iki (island)

岐阜 (ギフ) Gifu (city, prefecture)

岐大 (ギダイ) Gifu University (abbr)

伊邪那岐 (イザナギ) Izanagi, male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods

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