涯

horizon, shore, limit, bound

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ガイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

はて

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:11

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1525

Vocabulary

ガイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
生涯	ショウガイ	life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
生涯教育	ショウガイキョウイク	lifelong education; continuing education; further education
公生涯	コウショウガイ	public life; public career
全生涯	ゼンショウガイ	one's whole life
天涯	テンガイ	horizon; distant land; skyline; heavenly shores; remote region

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
涯	はて	end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot; consequence
一生涯	いっしょうがい	lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
世界の涯	せかいのはて	end of the world; farthest corner of the earth
地の涯	ちのはて	end of the earth
雪の涯	ゆきのはて	last snows; snow remaining after the anniversary of Buddha's death

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

wash, inquire into, probe

ocean, sea, foreign, Western style

pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate

sex, gender, nature

gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32

cosmetics, adorn (one's person)

Grade 8JLPT N/A

benefit, gain, profit, advantage