The kanji 谷: meaning, readings and stroke order

谷

Meaning: valley
On reading: コク koku
Kun reading: たに tani
Strokes: 7
Radical: 谷 valley
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thung lũng (cốc)
Japanese: たに。
Korean: 골짜기 (곡)
Chinese: 山谷

Readings, words and example sentences

コク koku · on reading · less common

峡きょう谷こく
canyon, gorge
とても大きな 峡きょう谷こくを見ました。
I saw a very big canyon.

たに tani · kun reading

谷たに
valley
山と山の間に 谷たにがあります。
There is a valley between the two mountains.

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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.