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Kotomora

涯

horizon, shore, limit, bound

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ガイ

Kun'yomi

  • はて

Meaning

涯 centers on a boundary where land meets water: a shore or horizon. It extends naturally to any limit or bound, the edge of something.

Most common words using 涯

  • 生涯しょうがい
    N1

    life; lifetime; career

  • 天涯孤独てんがいこどく

    a person without a single relative

  • 境涯きょうがい

    circumstances; one's situation or lot in life

  • 生涯教育しょうがいきょういく

    lifelong education; continuing education; further education

  • 一生涯いっしょうがい

    lifetime; one's whole life; all through life

  • 全生涯ぜんしょうがい

    one's whole life

  • 公生涯こうしょうがい

    public life; public career

  • 天涯てんがい

    horizon; distant land; skyline; heavenly shores; remote region

  • 天涯万里てんがいばんり

    very far away; the heavenly shores

  • 天涯地角てんがいちかく

    two places being far apart

  • 天涯比隣てんがいひりん

    a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood

  • 水涯すいがい

    water's edge

  • 生涯を閉じるしょうがいをとじる

    to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close

  • 生涯価値しょうがいかち

    (customer) lifetime value; LTV

  • 生涯学習しょうがいがくしゅう

    lifelong learning

  • 生涯最高しょうがいさいこう

    (the) best of one's life; lifetime ...

  • 生涯賃金しょうがいちんぎん

    lifetime earnings

  • 際涯さいがい

    limits; boundary; end

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Study

Etymology

涯 combines 氵 (water) with 厓, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of a cliff or edge. Together they suggest the water's edge, a shore or limit.

Meaning mnemonic

Water 氵 meets a cliff-like edge 厓: that meeting point is the shore, the horizon, the limit of the land.

Reading mnemonic

For ガイ, imagine standing at the shore and seeing a guy at the horizon: guy -> ガイ, marking the edge of the water.