Moto 岸: BeachKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ガン
- Kun'yomi
- きし
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 102 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ガン)
- 湾岸わんがんgulf coast; bay coast
- 海岸かいがんcoast; beach
- 沿岸えんがんcoast; shore
- 対岸たいがんopposite shore
- 海岸線かいがんせんcoastline; shoreline
- 護岸ごがんriver dike
- 両岸りょうがんboth banks (of a river)
- 彼岸ひがんequinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held)
- 右岸うがんright bank (of a river)
- 左岸さがんleft bank (of a river)
- 接岸せつがんcoming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)
- 湖岸こがんlakeshore; lakeside
- 着岸ちゃくがんreaching the shore; docking a boat
- リアス式海岸リアスしきかいがんdeeply indented coastline; rias coastline
- 両岸関係りょうがんかんけいcross-strait relations; relations between mainland China and Taiwan
- 傲岸ごうがんhaughty; arrogant
- 傲岸不遜ごうがんふそんarrogance
- 傲岸無礼ごうがんぶれいarrogance
- 全岸ぜんがんall the banks (of a river)
- 北岸ほくがんnorth coast; north bank
- 北岸沿いにほくがんぞいにalong the north coast; along the northern sea shore
- 南岸なんがんsouth coast; south bank
- 南岸沿いなんがんぞいalong the southern coast
- 南岸沿いになんがんぞいにalong the southern coast; along the southern seashore
- 南海岸みなみかいがんsouth coast; southern shore
- 向岸流こうがんりゅうcurrent flowing from the open sea towards land
- 太平洋岸たいへいようがんPacific coast
- 姥彼岸うばひがんdouble weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)
- 対岸の火事たいがんのかじno skin off my nose; somebody else's problem
- 岸頭がんとうshore; wharf
- 彼岸の入りひがんのいりfirst day of the equinoctial week
- 彼岸会ひがんえBuddhist services during the equinoctial week
- 彼岸桜ひがんざくらhigan cherry (species of weeping cherry tree, Prunus subhirtella); early-flowering cherry (around the spring equinox)
- 彼岸潮ひがんじおequinoctial tide; equinoctial spring tide
- 彼岸花ひがんばなred spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis
- 断層海岸だんそうかいがんfault coast
- 暑さ寒さも彼岸まであつささむさもひがんまでno heat or cold lasts over the equinox
- 暑さ寒さも彼岸迄あつささむさもひがんまでno heat or cold lasts over the equinox
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 岸きしbank; coast
- 川岸かわぎしriverbank; riverside
- 河岸かわぎしriverbank; riverside
- 岸辺きしべshore; bank (of a body of water)
- むこう岸むこうぎしopposite bank; farther shore
- 切り岸きりぎしsteep bank; cliff
- 向う岸むこうぎしopposite bank; farther shore
- 向こう岸むこうぎしopposite bank; farther shore
- 岸べきしべshore; bank (of a body of water)
- 彼の岸かのきしnirvana
Other readings
- 岸壁がんぺきquay; wharf
- 魚河岸うおがしriverside fish market
- 倣岸ごうがんhaughty; arrogant
- 厚岸草あっけしそうcommon glasswort (Salicornia europaea)
- 向う河岸むこうがしopposite shore
- 向こう河岸むこうがしopposite shore
- 向岸むこうぎしopposite bank; farther shore
- 向河岸むこうがしopposite shore
- 垂れ彼岸しだれひがんweeping cherry
- 夕河岸ゆうがしevening fish market
- 彼岸河豚ひがんふぐpanther puffer (Takifugu pardalis)
- 彼岸西風ひがんにしwesterly wind blowing around the time of the spring equinox
Showing the 60 most common of 102 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 岸
Every word here opens into its own kanji. Follow the branches in Moto.
Explore 岸 →