Home / Frequency / 岸

岸

Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1009 / 2,608

Coast

On’yomi
がん
Kun’yomi
きし
Radical
山 Mountain (Kangxi 46)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 衣 (Clothes), less common than 徳 (Virtue).

A mountain (山) stands behind a cliff (厂) where it's dry (干) — the dry, rocky cliff along the mountainside forms the coast.

In words

岸 きし bank,coast,shoreN3
海岸 かいがん coastN4
沿岸 えんがん coast;shoreN1

岸 is rank 1009 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

Study 岸 →