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涯 = 水 + 厂 + 圭

涯 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “horizon”. It is built from 水 (water), 厂 (cliff) and 圭 (squared jewel). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 169.

Keyword
horizon
RTK frame
169
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ガイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はて
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
горизонт
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
涯 shore

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 厂 cliff
  3. 圭 squared jewel

How to find 涯 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “cliff” + “squared jewel”. 涯 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 涯 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.