崖

Information about character(s)

Radical: 山
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 厓

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yá
Cantonese: ngaai4
JapaneseKun: GAKE
JapaneseOn: GAI
Korean: AY UY
Vietnamese: day

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: cliff, precipice; precipitous

CE-Dict: precipice/cliff/Taiwan pr. [yai2]

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a precipice; a cliff

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: cliff - 地理
scarp - 地理

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: cliff

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: cliff

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《屵部》崖高邊也。从屵圭聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集中】【山字部】崖
【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤宜佳切，音睚。【說文】高邊也。从屵，圭聲。【徐曰】水邊有垠堮也。無垠堮而平曰汀。【郭璞·江賦】觸曲崖以縈繞。　又珠崖，郡名。在南海，漢武帝置，地居海中，產珠，故曰珠崖，亦曰朱崖。　又洪崖，仙人名。【郭璞·遊仙詩】右拍洪崖肩。　又不和物曰崖岸。宋張詠性剛介，自號乖崖，言乖則違衆，崖不和物也。　又【集韻】魚羈切【韻會】疑羈切，𠀤音儀，義同。○按《說文》厂部厓訓山邊，屵部崖訓高邊，分厓崖爲二，韻會因之，以山邊屬睚音，高邊屬儀音，似泥。

Japanese-English River and Water Resources Glossary cliff
escarpment
scar
scarp

CF-Dict: falaise/précipice

Han-De-Dict: Abgrund, Klippe, Felshang, Feldwand (u.E.) (S)/Felswand (u.E.) (S)/Grenze (u.E.) (S); Bsp.: 天無崖天无崖 -- Der Himmel hat keine Grenzen.