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谷

谷 — gok, yok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
골 곡, 성씨 욕
Romanization
gok, yok
English
valley, gorge, ravine; Kangxi radical 150
Mandarin
gǔ
Japanese on'yomi
コク, ヨク, ロク
Japanese kun'yomi
たに きわ.まる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#508 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
谷 (150, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+8C37

Korean example words with 谷

  • 유곡幽谷 Korean gloss: 깊은 산골짜기
  • 벽곡僻谷 Korean gloss: 아주 외진 골짜기
  • 계곡溪谷 Korean gloss: 물이 흐르는 골짜기
  • 협곡峽谷 Korean gloss: 험하고 좁은 골짜기
  • 곡천谷泉 Korean gloss: 산골짜기에서 나는 샘물
  • 귀곡鬼谷 Korean gloss: 귀신이 나온다는 골짜기
  • 곡간谷澗 Korean gloss: 산골짜기를 흐르는 시냇물
  • 산곡山谷 Korean gloss: 산과 산 사이의 움푹 들어간 곳
  • 천곡川谷 Korean gloss: 내와 골짜기를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 계곡부溪谷部 Korean gloss: 계곡의 둘레 가 부분
  • 계곡수溪谷水 Korean gloss: 골짜기에서 흐르는 물
  • 절리곡節理谷 Korean gloss: 암석이 갈라져 그 틈으로 생긴 골짜기

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 谷

  • 谷たに valley; ravine; gorge
  • 谷川たにがわ mountain stream
  • 谷間たにま valley; ravine; gorge
  • 渓谷けいこく valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine
  • 峡谷きょうこく gorge; ravine; canyon
  • 谷底たにぞこ valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
  • 谷地やち marsh land; swamp
  • 渋谷しぶや Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo); Shibuya
  • 曼谷バンコク Bangkok (Thailand)
  • 幽谷ゆうこく deep ravine; glen
  • 空谷くうこく lonely or uninhabited valley
  • 谷風たにかぜ valley wind

Characters sharing the phonetic 谷

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “곡”

Other hanja with radical 谷

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