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峽

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峡

🇨🇳

gorge

HSK 10

Nature →Elements →Landforms

xiá

キョウ、コウ

はざま

협

The space between 夾 two mountains 山; 夾 also provides the pronunciation

Components

Traditional (峽)

山 mountain+ 夾 press from both sides =

峽 gorge

山 Meaning component

shān mountain

mountain, hill, peak

夾 Meaning component

press from both sides

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Simplified (峡)

山 mountain+ 夹 be wedged or =

峡 gorge

山 Meaning component

shān mountain

mountain, hill, peak

夹 Meaning component

jiá be wedged or

variant of 夾|夹[jiá]

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Notes

Chinese

峡 / 峽 [xiá]

gorge

Japanese

峡、峽 (old) かい同音

noun archaic gorge; ravine

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

峽かい

Kai unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (57)

峡谷 [xiágǔ] #5,458

海峡 [hǎixiá] #16,339

三峡 [Sānxiá] #5,628

Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[QútángXiá], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[WūXiá] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[XīlíngXiá]

台湾海峡 [TáiwānHǎixiá] #22,198

大峡谷 [Dàxiágǔ] #23,548

英吉利海峡 [YīngjílìHǎixiá] #33,814

English Channel

海峡群岛 [HǎixiáQúndǎo] #34,874

Channel Islands

长江三峡 [ChángJiāngSānxiá] #29,480

Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[QútángXiá], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[WūXiá] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[XīlíngXiá]

三门峡 [Sānménxiá] #30,262

Sanmenxia prefecture level city in Henan

白令海峡 [BáilìngHǎixiá] #41,442

the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska)

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KOREAN WORDS (2)

channel; strait