岬 means “cape, headland”

みさき · misaki

Also: spit, promontory

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

みさき

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 8 strokes

The story

A mountain (山) pushing out like the tip of a shell (甲): a headland. 岬 is a cape: 宗谷岬 is Hokkaido's northern tip, facing Sakhalin across the strait, and 潮岬 is the southernmost point of Honshu.

Used in 岬 (misaki, cape), 宗谷岬 (souya misaki, Cape Sōya), and 潮岬 (shionomisaki, Cape Shiono)

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