峡
gorge, ravine
Readings
On'yomi
- キョウ
- コウ
Kun'yomi
- はざま
Nanori
- き
- ば
Meaning
峡 centers on a narrow passage between steep sides: a gorge or ravine, where land is pinched between mountains.
Most common words using 峡
- 海峡かいきょうN1
channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait
- 峡谷きょうこく
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
- 峡かい
gorge; ravine
- 関門海峡かんもんかいきょう
Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
- イギリス海峡イギリスかいきょう
English Channel
- ホルムズ海峡ホルムズかいきょう
Strait of Hormuz
- 口峡炎こうきょうえん
sore throat; acute tonsillitis; angina
- 台湾海峡たいわんかいきょう
Straits of Taiwan
- 国際海峡こくさいかいきょう
international strait
- 地峡ちきょう
isthmus
- 山峡さんきょう
gorge; ravine; gap
- 峡湾きょうわん
fjord
- 峡谷風きょうこくふう
ravine wind; canyon wind; gorge wind
- 峡部きょうぶ
isthmus
- 峡間きょうかん
between the mountains
- 本四海峡バスほんしかいきょうバス
Honshi Kaikyō Bus Company
- 英仏海峡えいふつかいきょう
English Channel
- 英仏海峡トンネルえいふつかいきょうトンネル
Channel Tunnel; Chunnel
Study
Etymology
峡 combines 山 (mountain) with 夹, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of being pressed between two sides, giving a mountain gorge.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 山 is a mountain, and the right side 夹 looks like something squeezed between two sides. Picture a narrow gorge pinched between steep mountain walls.
Reading mnemonic
For キョウ, imagine a narrow gorge echoing with a loud 'kyo!' sound as your voice bounces between the cliffs: kyo -> キョウ.