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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N2

508 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: valley

Kunyomi: たに, きわ.まる

Onyomi: コク

谷

Radical

Radical: 谷

Reading: たに

Meaning: valley

Strokes: 7

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Examples

Examples with audio

渓谷(けいこく)   valley, ravine, canyon

峡谷(きょうこく)   glen, ravine, gorge, canyon

谷(たに)   valley

谷川(たにがわ)   valley river

谷間(たにま)   ravine, chasm, dell, valley

Onyomi Examples

谷底平野 (コクテイヘイヤ) valley plain

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

盤谷 (バンコク) Bangkok (Thailand)

Kunyomi Examples

谷 (たに) valley

谷間 (たにま) valley, ravine, gorge, chasm, cleavage (of breasts), part or place that has been left behind, blind spot, bottom (of society), (economic) trough, gap (in activity, one's work, etc.), lull, opening

死の谷 (しのたに) valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages)

気圧の谷 (きあつのたに) low pressure trough

極まる (きわまる) to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled

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