Kanji
N1 11 strokes Grade 8

cliff, bluff, precipice

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mountain yama

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

precipice; cliff
fault scarp; fault escarpment
below a cliff
cliff top
Buddha figure carved on a rock face
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice
steepness of a mountain
sea cliff
overhanging cliff

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

cliff; precipice
Ponyo (2008 animated film)
2025 digital cliff; anticipated problem of antiquated systems and shortage of human resources in IT
glass cliff (corporate leadership)
taking unnecessary risks; precipice walking
fiscal cliff (e.g. potential 2013 US financial crisis); fiscal precipice
cliff edge; edge of a precipice
path along a cliff
landslide; landslip

Example sentences

His son fell over the cliff.

The search party found him lying at the foot of a cliff.

Traffic was blocked by a landslide.