Memory phrase for the Kanji: 峡

峡

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Meaning gorge, ravine, glen (narrow valley)

Pronunciation

KYŌ

Explanation

Left: mountain 山, right: squeezed in 夹 (a man/husband 夫, squeezed from both sides 丷; traditionally 峽 with two persons 人 at the sides of a big 大 person)

Mnemonic
 
The mountain is squeezing at: the gorges.

Radicals

山 mountainPicture of a mountain with three peaks.
夹 squeezedLeft and right a person 人, which are still visible at 頰, between which the main person (husband 夫 or big person 大) is squeezed.
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 Vocabulary

海峡 かいきょう  channel

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