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崎 means 'headland'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 590   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-3    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 2 words   Used in 26 words   Used in 5323 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   さき headland, small peninsula
Additional readings
On    キ
Kun    さい   みさき
Variants
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Notes
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Components
⿰  山 mountain  奇 strange  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 崎 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 崎 is used 17 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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キ : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
steepness of a mountain
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さき : 12 words FIND ALL
か わ さ き 0
noun
Kawasaki (city)
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みさき : 1 word FIND ALL
み さ き 0
Most common form: みさき
noun
cape (on coast)
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さき (read as ざき) : 2 words FIND ALL
み や ざ き け ん 4
noun
Miyazaki prefecture (Kyushu)
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An additional one less common word includes 崎 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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崎
さき headland, small peninsula   
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奇
キ    strange, curious   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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亅
hook
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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山
サン   やま mountain   
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