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:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mountain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キロ forked road, crossroads

タキ digression, many divergences

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

ギフ Gifu (city, prefecture)

阜県 ギフケン Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)

伊邪那 イザナギ Izanagi (deity)