Kanji N1

垣: hedge, fence, wall

垣 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning hedge, fence, wall, written with 9 strokes. It is read エン (on) and かき (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 垣根 (かきね, hedge) and 石垣 (いしがき, stone wall).

垣

Meanings

  • hedge
  • fence
  • wall
Strokes9
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1539 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • エン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かき

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 垣

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 垣根かきね

    hedge; fence

    JLPT N2
  • 石垣いしがき

    stone wall

  • 垣かき

    fence; hedge; railing

  • 生垣いけがき

    hedge

  • 垣間見るかいまみる

    to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

  • 人垣ひとがき

    wall of people

  • 中垣なかがき

    middle fence

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.