涯 means “limit, edge, far shore”

がい · gai

Also: horizon, shore, bound

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): はて
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ガイ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

Water (氵) reaching a cliff (厓, earth heaped under an overhang 厂): the shore where the land ends. 涯 is the far edge of things: 生涯 is a whole life, end to end, and 天涯孤独 is being utterly alone, as far as the sky's edge.

Used in 生涯 (shougai, lifetime), 生涯学習 (shougai gakushuu, lifelong learning), and 天涯孤独 (tengai kodoku, all alone in the world)

涯 means “limit, edge, far shore”

The story

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