Kanji N2

岸: beach

岸 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning beach, written with 8 strokes. It is read ガン (on) and きし (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 海岸 (かいがん, seashore) and 岸 (きし, bank).

岸

Meanings

  • beach
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#556 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ガン

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

Kun reading
  • きし

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 岸

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

  • 海岸かいがん

    seashore; coast; seaside; waterfront; beach

    JLPT N4
  • 岸きし

    bank; coast; shore

    JLPT N3
  • 沿岸えんがん

    coast; shore

    JLPT N1
  • 湾岸わんがん

    gulf coast; bay coast

  • 対岸たいがん

    opposite shore

  • 両岸りょうがん

    both banks (of a river)

  • 川岸かわぎし

    riverbank; riverside

  • 岸辺きしべ

    shore; bank (of a body of water)

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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.