谷 — kanji meaning “valley”
谷
valley
- Meanings
- valley
- On'yomi
- コク (koku)
- Kun'yomi
- たに、きわ.まる
- Name readings
- がい、がえ、がや、せ、たり、たん
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #508 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 150
- Chinese reading
- gǔ, yù — Chinese character page
Words with 谷
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谷川 | たにがわ tanigawa | mountain stream |
| 谷間 | たにま tanima | valley; ravine; gorge |
| 渋谷 | しぶや shibuya | Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya |
| 渓谷 | けいこく keikoku | valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine |
| 峡谷 | きょうこく kyoukoku | gorge; ravine; canyon |
| 谷地 | やち yachi | marsh land; swamp |
| 山谷 | さんこく sankoku | mountains and valleys |
| 日比谷線 | ひびやせん hibiyasen | Hibiya Line |
| 谷町 | たにまち tanimachi | sponsors of rikishi or their stables |
| 鶯谷 | おうこく oukoku | warbler being in a valley |
| 龍谷大学 | りゅうこくだいがく ryuukokudaigaku | Ryukoku University |
| 世田谷線 | せたがやせん setagayasen | Setagaya Line |
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