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崖 means 'cliff'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1835   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-33    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 6 words   Used in 15 words   Used in 53 names   Component in 2 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ガイ
Kun
   がけ cliff
Additional readings
On    ゲ   ギ
Kun    きし   はて
Notes
Lower component exists as a rare kanji, 厓 (cliff)
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 崖 - click the badge to download
Do you know what it means figuratively when the Japanese refer to being on a cliff's edge? Can you say that a car went off a cliff or that a cliff is vertical? Can you refer to a landslide with a compound containing 崖? Do you know where to find giant Buddhas carved from rock faces? Do you know which cliffs are famous in Japan and why? If you read the essay, you'll soon know all this!
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Components
⿱  山 mountain  ⿸  厂 cliff  圭 jewel  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 崖 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 崖 is used 14 times, read 2 ways.
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ガイ : 8 words FIND ALL
だ ん が い 0
noun
palisade; cliff
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がけ : 6 words FIND ALL
が け 0
Most common form: がけ
noun
cliff
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An additional one less common word includes 崖 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 1977  Key to Kanji: - 

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崖
ガイ   がけ cliff   
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厂
cliff
圭
ケイ    jewel; corner   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
山
サン   やま mountain   
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