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
Radical: 山
Meaning: mountain
Reading: やま
Frequency: 636
Alternative forms:
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