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:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mountain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キガイ steepness of a mountain

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

カワサキ Kawasaki (city)

ナガサキ Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

Kunyomi Examples

さき small peninsula, cape, promontory, headland

かわさき Kawasaki (city)

ながさき Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

みさき cape (on coast)