Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: cliff, bluff, precipice

Kunyomi: がけ きし はて

Onyomi: ガイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mountain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ガイカ below a cliff

ガイジョウ cliff top

断層 ダンソウガイ fault scarp, fault escarpment

キガイ steepness of a mountain

Kunyomi Examples

がけ cliff, precipice, precipice, brink of a dangerous situation

がいじょう cliff top

財政の ざいせいのがけ fiscal cliff (e.g. potential 2013 US financial crisis), fiscal precipice

ガラスの ガラスのがけ glass cliff (corporate leadership)