涯
horizon, shore, limit, bound
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
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.