Kanji

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

Radical

Radical:

Reading: たに

Meaning: valley

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

(けいこく)   valley, ravine, canyon

(きょうこく)   glen, ravine, gorge, canyon

(たに)   valley

川(たにがわ)   valley river

間(たにま)   ravine, chasm, dell, valley

Onyomi Examples

底平野 コクテイヘイヤ valley plain

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

バンコク Bangkok (Thailand)

Kunyomi Examples

たに valley

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

気圧の きあつのたに low pressure trough

不気味の ぶきみのたに uncanny valley (hypothesis about humanoid robots)

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