Kanji N1

岐: branch off, fork in road, scene

岐 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning branch off, fork in road, scene, written with 7 strokes. It is read キ, ギ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 岐阜 (ぎふ, Gifu) and 多岐 (たき, diverse).

岐

Meanings

  • branch off
  • fork in road
  • scene
  • arena
  • theater
Strokes7
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#1428 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キ
  • ギ

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

Kun reading
  • None in common use

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 岐

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

  • 岐阜ぎふ

    Gifu (city, prefecture)

  • 多岐たき

    diverse; various; wide-ranging

  • 岐路きろ

    forked road; crossroads

  • 分岐点ぶんきてん

    fork; junction; diverging point

  • 分岐ぶんき

    divergence; ramification; bifurcation

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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.