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岸

JLPT N2 SL3 8 strokes Frequency: #556

Meanings

Beach

Radicals

山

Decomposition

⿱山⿸厂干

Etymology

Ideographic: A mountain 山 cliff 厂; 干 provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left

2 corner left-to-right

3 vertical right-to-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 diagonal top-to-bottom

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ガン gan

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

きし kishi

Words Using This Kanji

100 words total

Other (20 words)

submergent coastline

emergent coastline

fault coast

weeping cherry

Gulf War (1990)

south coast

Gulf War (1990)

westerly wind blowing around the time of the spring equinox

彼の岸かのきし

nirvana

沿岸流えんがんりゅう

coastal current

厚岸草アッケシソウ

common glasswort (Salicornia europaea)

海岸砲かいがんほう

seacoast artillery

彼岸潮ひがんじお

equinoctial tide

彼岸の入りひがんのいり

first day of the equinoctial week

夕河岸ゆうがし

evening fish market

彼岸河豚ひがんふぐ

panther puffer (Takifugu pardalis)

西海岸標準時にしかいがんひょうじゅんじ

Pacific Standard Time

離岸堤りがんてい

offshore breakwater

向岸流こうがんりゅう

current flowing from the open sea towards land

河岸かし

riverbank

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