崖

See also 岸

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 厓 (“cliff”).

Alternatively analyzed as Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 屵 (“cliff”) + phonetic 圭

Han character

崖 (radical 46 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山一土土 (UMGG), four-corner 2221₄)

1. cliff, precipice
2. precipitous

References

• KangXi: page 314, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8180
• Dae Jaweon: page 614, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 778, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5D16

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Cantonese

Hanzi

崖 (Yale ngaai4)

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Japanese

Kanji

崖 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: がい (gai)
• Kun: がけ (gake)

Noun

崖 (hiragana がけ, romaji gake)

1. a cliff

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Korean

Hanja

崖 (hangeul 애, 의, revised ae, ui, McCune-Reischauer ae, ŭi)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

崖 (pinyin yá (ya2), yái (yai2), Wade-Giles ya², yai²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

崖 (nhai, day)