垣 — kanji meaning “hedge”
垣
hedge, fence, wall
- Meanings
- hedge, fence, wall
- On'yomi
- エン (en)
- Kun'yomi
- かき
- Name readings
- がい
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1539 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 32
- Chinese reading
- yuán — Chinese character page
Words with 垣
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 垣根 | かきね kakine | hedge; fence |
| 石垣 | いしがき ishigaki | stone wall |
| 垣間見る | かいまみる kaimamiru | to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of |
| 生垣 | いけがき ikegaki | hedge |
| 大垣 | おおがき oogaki | roofed mud wall around a villa or temple |
| 中垣 | なかがき nakagaki | middle fence |
| 人垣 | ひとがき hitogaki | wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people |
| 竹垣 | たけがき takegaki | bamboo fence (hedge) |
| 柴垣 | しばがき shibagaki | brushwood fence |
| 瑞垣 | みずがき mizugaki | fence (around a shrine, imperial palace, sacred area, etc.) |
| 玉垣 | たまがき tamagaki | fence around a shrine |
| 歌垣 | うたがき utagaki | gathering of men and women who sang courtship songs to each other and danced; dancing and singing feast of young men and women in ancient Japan |
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