JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Kanji 涯: "horizon, shore, limit"
The kanji 涯 means "horizon, shore, limit, bound". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ガイ in on'yomi and はて in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ガイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はて
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | horizon, shore, limit, bound |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1525 of 2,501 |
Common words with 涯
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 生涯life; lifetime; career · for life; all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
- 天涯孤独a person without a single relative
- 一生涯lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
- 境涯circumstances; one's situation or lot in life
- 生涯を閉じるto die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close
- 全生涯one's whole life
- 生涯最高(the) best of one's life; lifetime ...
- 天涯horizon; distant land; skyline; heavenly shores
- 際涯limits; boundary; end
- 生涯学習lifelong learning
- 水涯water's edge
- 公生涯public life; public career
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