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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2063 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: mountain stream, valley

Kunyomi: たに, たにがわ

Onyomi: ケイ

Composition: 氵 奚

渓

Radical

Radical: 水

Meaning: water

Reading: みず

Frequency: 1,595

Alternative forms:

氵(alt radical position hen)氺

水

Examples

Onyomi Examples

渓谷 (ケイコク) valley (with a river running through it), gorge, ravine, canyon

渓流 (ケイリュウ) mountain stream, mountain torrent

雪渓 (セッケイ) snowy valley

猊鼻渓 (ゲイビケイ) Geibi Gorge (Ichinoseki, Iwate)

Kunyomi Examples

谷 (たに) valley

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