Kanji
N1 9 strokes Grade 8 freq #1833

gorge, ravine

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)

channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
gorge; ravine
sore throat; acute tonsillitis
international strait
ravine wind; canyon wind
gorge; ravine
Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
between the mountains
English Channel
isthmus

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

Honshi Kaikyō Bus Company
Strait of Hormuz
Channel Tunnel; Chunnel
English Channel

Example sentences

The French are our neighbors across the Channel.

They are building a long bridge across the channel.

He is the only American who has swum the English Channel.

The English Channel was rough when we crossed.