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谿
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gorge

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Landforms
xī
ケイ
たに、たにがわ
계
Phonosemantic compound. 谷 represents the meaning and 奚 represents the sound.
Components
谷 valley+ 奚 where? what? how? why? =
谿 gorge
谷 Meaning component
Gǔ valley
surname Gu
奚 Phonetic component
xī where? what? how? why?
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
谿
Regular
Modern
Japanese
谷 、 渓 、 谿 (rare) たに 同音
noun valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
谷は彼の呼び声でこだました。
The valley echoed with his call.
Japanese Names
谿 たに
Tani surname
CHINESE WORDS (1)
妇姑勃溪 [fù​gū​bó​xī]
dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
⭐ 谷 [たに] #3,569
valley
⭐ 渓谷 [けいこく] #21,971
valley (with a river running through it)
⭐ 渓流 [けいりゅう] #38,165
mountain stream
渓間 [けいかん] #129,893
ravine
渓水 [けいすい] #136,834
mountain stream
渓声 [けいせい] #250,039
sound of a valley stream
渓泉 [けいせん] #289,328
a spring that gushes forth from a valley
渓壑 [けいがく] #304,463
ravine
渓澗 [けいかん]
mountain stream