The kanji 崖: meaning, readings and stroke order

崖

Meaning: cliff
On reading: ガイ gai
Kun reading: がけ gake
Strokes: 11
Radical: 山 mountain
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vách đá (nhai)
Japanese: がけ。けわしくきりたったところ。
Korean: 벼랑, 절벽 (애)
Chinese: 悬崖、山崖

Readings, words and example sentences

ガイ gai · on reading · less common

断だん崖がい
cliff, steep drop
断だん崖がいの上に立ちます。
I stand on top of a cliff.

がけ gake · kun reading

崖がけ
cliff
大雨で 崖がけがくずれました。
Heavy rain made the cliff collapse.

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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.