| Kanji | 涯 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ガイ |
| Kunyomi | はて |
| English | horizon, shore |
| Examples | 生涯(しょうがい): one's lifetime (i.e. one's existence until death); one's career |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1525 |
| Components | 水: water 厓: precipice; shore; bank; surname; cliff |
| Number of Strokes | 11 |
| Kanji Radical | 水 |
| Radical Number | 85 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | みず・したみず・さんずい |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | horizon |
| Koohii Story 1 | Try to reverse Heisig´s story in this Kanji: imagine being trapped in one of those prison towers on an ivy cladcliff like in the movies. From your prison ontop the ivy clad cliff all you can see in the distant horizon is nothing but water. |
| Koohii Story 2 | From the water, I can see the ivy-clad-cliffs on the horizon. |
| RTK Index (new) | 169 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000
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