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Kotomora

峡

gorge, ravine

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes9

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

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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.