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Gorge Mountain Pair Scissors 峡 キョウ、コウ はざま き

Kanji
Onyomi キョウ、コウ
Kunyomi はざま
Nanori き, ば
English gorge, ravine
Examples 海峡(かいきょう): channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1833
Components 山: mountain
夾: insert between
Number of Strokes 9
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 46
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading やま・やまへん・やまかんむり
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword gorge
Koohii Story 1 A gorge is where God has cut into a mountain with a pair of scissors. (synewave,6-10-2006) http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/197361.html.
Koohii Story 2 A kid cuts a gorge into a paper mountain, with a pair of scissors.
RTK Index 1265

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_nature_landscape

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