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崎

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mountainous

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Strokes
11
Radical
山 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
崎
Common rank
#2,991
Unicode
U+5D0E

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Formation & memory

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How 崎 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

山 meaning “mountain” + 奇 sound ( qí )

Components 山 奇

How to remember it

rugged · Heisig RSH #1929

山 mountain + 奇 strange

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 崎

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
柏崎市 Bǎi qí shì Kashiwazaki city, Japan
山崎 Shān qí Yamazaki or Yamasaki (Japanese surname)
长崎 Cháng qí Nagasaki (city in Japan)
龙崎 Lóng qí Longci, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan
川崎 Chuān qí Kawasaki (name)
宫崎吾朗 Gōng qí Wú lǎng Miyazaki Gorō (1967-), Japanese film director
岩崎 Yán qí Iwasaki (Japanese surname)
宫崎 Gōng qí (Japanese surname) Miyazaki; Miyazaki (prefecture and city in Japan)
柏崎 Bǎi qí Kashiwazaki (Japanese surname); Kashiwazaki, town in Niigata prefecture, Japan; Kashiwazak…
柏崎刈羽 Bǎi qí Yì yǔ Kashiwasaki Kariwa, site of Japanese nuclear power plant near Niigata 新潟
宫崎骏 Gōng qí Jùn Miyazaki Hayao (1941-), Japanese director
崎岖 qí qū rugged; craggy

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 奇 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
奇 sound part qí strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult
寄 jì to mail, to send, to transit; to deposit, to entrust; to rely on
骑 qí to ride, to mount; cavalry
椅 yǐ chair, seat
绮 qǐ fine silk; elegant, beautiful
倚 yǐ to rely on, to depend on
旖 yǐ romantic; tender, charming
犄 jī animal horns
猗 yī exclamation of admiration
剞 jī carving or engraving; knife; grave
埼 qí headland
琦 qí jade, gem, precious stone
掎 jǐ to pull, to drag; to drag one's feet
欹 yī pleading interjection