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岬

岬

Translingual

Han character

岬 (radical 46 山+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 山田中 (UWL), four-corner 2675₀, composition ⿰山甲)

cape
promontory, headland

References

KangXi: page 309, character 23

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7992

Dae Jaweon: page 609, character 19

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 766, character 13

Unihan data for U+5CAC

Chinese

simp. and trad.		岬

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甲) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
笚	ʔl'aːb, ɡraːb
閘	klaːb, sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀	klaːb, kraːb
甲	*kraːb
胛	*kraːb
岬	*kraːb
押	kraːb, qraːb
玾	*kraːb
呷	*qʰraːb
匣	*ɡraːb
狎	*ɡraːb
柙	*ɡraːb
翈	*ɡraːb
炠	*ɡraːb
鴨	*qraːb
庘	*qraːb

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiǎ (jia³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ
  - Wade-Giles: chia³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jea
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaap³
  - Yale: gaap
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑːp̚³/

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*kraːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岬
Reading #	1/1
No.	5933
Phonetic component	甲
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	甲
Old Chinese	/*kraːb/
Notes	廣韻作石旁集韻或作岬

Definitions

岬

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Compounds

岬角

海岬

Japanese

Kanji

岬

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

peninsula; promontory; cape; spit

Readings

On: こう (kō)

Kun: みさき (misaki)

Korean

Hanja

岬 • ‎(gap) (hangeul 갑, revised gap, McCune-Reischauer kap)

cape, headland

Vietnamese

Han character

岬 (giáp)

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