峡
gorge
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,379 U+5CE1
How 峡 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
The space between 夹 two mountains 山; 夹 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
gorge · Heisig RSH #1936
山 mountain + 夹 press from both sides
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 峡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 海峡交流基金会 | Hǎi xiá Jiāo liú Jī jīn huì | Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF); abbr. to 海基會|海基会[Hai3 ji1 hui4] |
| 布里斯托尔海峡 | Bù lǐ sī tuō ěr Hǎi xiá | Bristol Channel in southwest England |
| 达达尼尔海峡 | Dá dá ní ěr Hǎi xiá | Dardanelles Strait; Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı |
| 新海峡时报 | Xīn Hǎi xiá Shí bào | New Strait Times (newspaper) |
| 科罗拉多大峡谷 | Kē luó lā duō dà xiá gǔ | the Grand Canyon (Colorado) |
| 波斯普鲁斯海峡 | Bō sī pǔ lǔ sī Hǎi xiá | the Bosphorus (strait) |
| 三门峡市 | Sān mén xiá Shì | Sanmenxia, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 对马海峡 | Duì mǎ Hǎi xiá | Tsushima Strait, between Japan and South Korea |
| 长江三峡 | Cháng Jiāng Sān xiá | Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge … |
| 海峡时报 | Hǎi xiá Shí bào | The Straits Times |
| 加来海峡 | Jiā lái Hǎi xiá | Strait of Calais in the English channel; Strait of Dover; Pas-de-Calais, département of Fr… |
| 巴士海峡 | Bā shì Hǎi xiá | Bashi Channel in the northern part of the Luzon Strait, just south of Taiwan |
| 英吉利海峡 | Yīng jí lì Hǎi xiá | English Channel |
| 西峡县 | Xī xiá Xiàn | Xixia, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市[Nan2 yang2 Shi4], Henan |
| 三门峡 | Sān mén xiá | see 三門峽市|三门峡市[San1 men2 xia2 Shi4] |
| 白令海峡 | Bái lìng Hǎi xiá | the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska) |
| 峡江县 | Xiá jiāng Xiàn | Xiajiang, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 马六甲海峡 | Mǎ liù jiǎ Hǎi xiá | Strait of Malacca |
| 海峡群岛 | Hǎi xiá Qún dǎo | Channel Islands |
| 三峡水库 | Sān xiá Shuǐ kù | Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze |