崖 means “cliff”

がけ · gake

Also: bluff, precipice

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

がけ, きし, はて

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ガイ, ゲ, ギ

Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

Sea cliffs rise majestically from crashing waves, monuments to nature's ancient power.

Appears in both samurai legends and modern literature

Its parts

• 山 Mountain · Top
• 厂 Cliff · Center
• 圭 Jewel/layers · Bottom

A mountain (山) with layered (圭) cliff face (厂): a precipice

More from Nature's Poetry

• 庭 garden
• 枝 branch
• 根 root
• 樹 tree
• 桜 cherry blossom
• 嵐 storm
• 霧 fog
• 雨 rain
• 木 tree
• 月 moon
• 日 sun
• 風 wind

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.