峽

Information about character(s)

Radical: 山
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 10
Simplified Form: 峡

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiá
Cantonese: haap6
JapaneseKun: HAZAMA
JapaneseOn: KYOU KOU
Korean: HYEP
Vietnamese: giáp

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: gorge, strait, ravine; isthmus

CE-Dict: gorge

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a gorge

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: gorge - 地理
isthmus - 解剖

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: gorge
【醫】 fretum; isthmus

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: gorge

湘雅醫學專業詞典: isthmus

康熙字典文字版 【寅集中】【山字部】峽
【廣韻】侯夾切【集韻】【韻會】轄夾切【正韻】胡夾切，𠀤音洽。【廣韻】巫峽，山名。蜀楚之交，山有三峽。【左思·蜀都賦】經三峽之崢嶸。【註】三峽在巴東永安縣，謂西陵峽，歸鄕峽，巫峽也。【盛弘之荆州記】三峽七百里中，兩岸連山無斷處，重巖疊嶂，隱天蔽日，非亭午不見日月。　又州名。秦將白起攻楚，燒夷陵，卽其地。魏武於此置臨江郡。後魏爲拓州，取開拓之義。周以其居三峽之口，因曰峽州。　又山峭夾水，亦曰峽。見前岬字註。　【集韻】本作陜。或作陿。

CF-Dict: gorge

Han-De-Dict: Schlucht (u.E.) (S)