Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

556 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: beach

Kunyomi: きし

Onyomi: ガン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: やまかんむり

Meaning: mountain

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

壁(がんぺき)   wharf, steep cliff

(かいがん)   coast, beach

沿(えんがん)   (along) coast, shore

(たいがん)   opposite bank

(ひがん)   equinoctial week, Nirvana

(きし)   bank

向こう(むこうぎし)   opposite bank

*河(かし)   riverbank, fish market

Onyomi Examples

ガンペキ quay, wharf, jetty, wall-like shoreline, cliff wall

ガントウ shore, wharf

ゴガン river dike

タイガン opposite shore

Kunyomi Examples

きし bank, coast, shore

きしべ shore, bank (of a body of water)

かたぎし one bank (of a river)

彼の かのきし nirvana