垣 means “hedge, fence”

かき · kaki

Also: wall

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かき

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

エン

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 9 strokes

The story

Earth (土) beside 亘, a sun (日) between two bars: picture a low barrier marking a garden off from the lane. 垣 is a fence or hedge: 生垣 is a living hedge, 石垣 the towering stone walls of Japanese castles, and 垣間見る is to glimpse through a gap.

Used in 石垣 (ishigaki, stone wall), 生垣 (ikegaki, hedge), and 垣間見る (kaimamiru, to catch a glimpse)

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