岐

branch off, fork in road, scene, arena, theater

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キギ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

たかしまた

Stroke Order

7 / 7

Information

Grade:4

Strokes:7

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1428

Vocabulary

キ

Word	Reading	Meaning
岐路	キロ	forked road; crossroads
多岐	タキ	diverse; various; wide-ranging
分岐	ブンキ	divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
分岐点	ブンキテン	fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
局所分岐	キョクショブンキ	local jump; local branch

ギ

Word	Reading	Meaning
岐阜	ギフ	Gifu (city, prefecture)
岐阜県	ギフケン	Gifu Prefecture (Chūbu area)
三岐代表	サンギダイヒョウ	representative of Gifu and Mie prefectures
分岐器	ブンギキ	railroad switch; turnout
岐阜教育大学	ギフキョウイクダイガク	Gifu University of Education

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
岐れる	わかれる	to branch; to fork; to diverge; to separate; to split; to divide; to disperse; to scatter
岐	ちまた	the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; quarters; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage); divide (e.g. between life and death); fork (in a road); crossroads
岐路	えだみち	branch road; byroad; side street; digression
多岐にわたる	たきにわたる	to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
八岐大蛇	やまたのおろち	eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

skill, art, craft, ability, feat, performance, vocation, arts

sham, temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal

degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude

printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label

courtyard, garden, yard

bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches