Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Cliff

Mnemonic

There is a mountain on top of a bunch of dirt with a steep cliff. This is a bit redundant, but the mountain and the dirt just make the cliff even bigger and steeper and scarier.

Readings

On’yomi

がい

Kun’yomi

がけ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You can't believe how big the cliff is now with the mountain and the dirt. You look at it for so long, you just become another gawker (がけ) who can't stop staring at the huge cliff. It really is huge.

Found In Vocabulary