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谷 means 'valley'

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Strokes : 7    Radical number: 150    Frequency: 450   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-2    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 36    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 19 words   Used in 58 words   Used in 11157 names   Component in 36 kanji (6 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   コク
Kun
   たに valley
Name
   や
Additional readings
Kun    きわまる
Name    がい   がえ   がや   せ   たり   たん
Notes
Learn what to call this radical, and find out what the cutely symmetrical 谷 represents etymologically.
Components
⿳  ハ (八) katakana 'ha'; eight  𠆢 (人) man  口 mouth  
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合 fit  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 谷 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 谷 is used 44 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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コク : 10 words FIND ALL
け い こ く 0
Most common form: 谿谷
noun
valley; ravine; canyon
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たに : 25 words FIND ALL
た に 2
Most common form: たに
noun
valley
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きわまる : 1 word FIND ALL
き わ ま る 3
Most common form: 極まる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end
auxiliary verb, 'ru' godan verb
2. extremely  (after adjectival noun. e.g. 退屈極まる話)
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がや: 1 word. FIND ALL
せ た が や 0
proper noun
Setagaya (a district in Setagaya ward in Tokyo);
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や: 7 words. FIND ALL
し ぶ や 0
proper noun
Shibuya (a district in Shibuya ward in Tokyo);
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An additional 合 less common words include 谷 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 135 (originally: 122)  Joy o' Kanji : 122  Key to Kanji: 347 

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谷
コク   たに valley   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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