崖 — kanji meaning “cliff”
崖
cliff, bluff, precipice
- Meanings
- cliff, bluff, precipice
- On'yomi
- ガイ (gai)、ゲ (ge)、ギ (gi)
- Kun'yomi
- がけ、きし、はて
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- Classical radical
- 46
- Chinese reading
- yá, ái — Chinese character page
Words with 崖
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 断崖 | だんがい dangai | precipice; cliff; bluff |
| 崖っぷち | がけっぷち gakeppuchi | cliff edge; edge of a precipice |
| 断崖絶壁 | だんがいぜっぺき dangaizeppeki | precipitous cliff; sheer precipice |
| 磨崖仏 | まがいぶつ magaibutsu | Buddha figure carved on a rock face |
| 懸崖 | けんがい kengai | overhanging cliff |
| 海食崖 | かいしょくがい kaishokugai | sea cliff |
| 崖崩れ | がけくずれ gakekuzure | landslide; landslip |
| 崎崖 | きがい kigai | steepness of a mountain |
| 崖道 | がけみち gakemichi | path along a cliff |
| 断層崖 | だんそうがい dansougai | fault scarp; fault escarpment |
| 崖上 | がいじょう gaijou | cliff top |
| 財政の崖 | ざいせいのがけ zaiseinogake | fiscal cliff (e.g. potential 2013 US financial crisis); fiscal precipice |
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