The kanji 岸: meaning, readings and stroke order

岸

Meaning: shore, bank
On reading: ガン gan
Kun reading: きし kishi
Strokes: 8
Radical: 山 mountain
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bờ (sông, biển) (ngạn)
Japanese: きし。うみやかわのへり。
Korean: 물가, 기슭 (안)
Chinese: 岸、岸边

Readings, words and example sentences

ガン gan · on reading

海かい岸がん
seashore, beach
朝早く 海かい岸がんを歩きます。
I walk along the beach early in the morning.

きし kishi · kun reading

岸きし
shore, bank
川の 岸きしに船をつけます。
We bring the boat to the riverbank.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.