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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

533 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: promontory, cape, spit

Kunyomi: さき, さい, みさき

Onyomi: キ

Composition: 山 奇

崎

Radical

Radical: 山

Meaning: mountain

Reading: やま

Frequency: 636

Alternative forms:

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

山

Examples

Onyomi Examples

崎崖 (キガイ) steepness of a mountain

崎嶇 (キク) steep (mountain), precipitous, hard (life), difficult, troubled

川崎 (カワサキ) Kawasaki (city)

長崎 (ナガサキ) Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

Kunyomi Examples

崎 (さき) small peninsula, cape, promontory, headland

川崎 (かわさき) Kawasaki (city)

長崎 (ながさき) Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

岬 (みさき) cape (on coast)

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