岬 — headland, cape, spit

みさき岬 headland

みさき

U+5CAC Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1972 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1196 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

headland
cape
spit
promontory

Readings

On'yomi: こう kou
Kun'yomi: みさき misaki

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みさき misaki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

岬(みさき) misaki cape

Words by frequency and grade

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Each dot is a word containing 岬: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

やま山 mountain #46

こう甲 shell

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#46 山 mountain