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Valley Mouth 谷 コク たに、きわ.まる がい がえ がや

Kanji
Onyomi コク
Kunyomi たに、きわ.まる
Nanori がい, がえ, がや, せ, たり, たん, や
English valley
Examples 谷(たに): valley
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 508
Components 口: mouth
Number of Strokes 7
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 150
Radical Strokes 7
Radical Reading たに・たにへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword valley
Koohii Story 1 This could be seen as a very accurate pictograph of another type of valley: a valley mouth open under the umbrella of inner labia, with the outer labia parted above. There are even more connections to be made among the primitive keywords and the visuals, but i will enter no further...
Koohii Story 2 Think of the classic anime 風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind). We see Nausicaa entering the valley mouth gliding on an umbrella.

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade2, kanjifreq501-750, kanji_nature_landscape

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