渓 means “mountain stream, ravine”

けい · kei

Also: valley

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

たに, たにがわ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ケイ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

Water (氵) beside 奚, a hand (爫) over thread (幺) over a big figure (大): picture a thin ribbon of water threading through a deep cut in the hills. 渓谷 is a gorge, and 渓流釣り is fishing for trout in fast mountain streams.

Used in 渓谷 (keikoku, gorge/ravine) and 渓流 (keiryuu, mountain stream)

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• 澄 become clear
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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.