Memory phrase for the character: 崖

崖

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Meaning

cliff, steep precipice

Pronunciation

GAI
gake

Explanation

 Top: mountain 山, bottom: precipice 厓 (cliff 厂 of heaps of soil 圭/土)

Mnemonic
 
A mountain of piled earth like a cliff, is a cliff/precipice.

Radicals

山 mountainPicture of a mountain with three peaks.
厂 cliffThe Radical gandare stands for cliff. Sometimes it is understood as a shield, like in 盾.
圭 piled earthtwice earth 土 about each other




 Vocabulary

崖崩れ がけくずれ  a landslip, a landslide
崖 がけ  cliff

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