Word Meaning 壁立

へきりつ hekiritsu

壁立 is read as へきりつ (hekiritsu) and means cliff that stands tall like a wall.

Meaning

English

cliff that stands tall like a wall

Reading

Kana

へきりつ

Romaji

hekiritsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 70800 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

壁立千仞

へきりつせんじん

precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth

壁

へき

Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

壁紙

かべがみ

wallpaper

壁画

へきが

fresco

壁面

へきめん

surface of a wall

壁新聞

かべしんぶん

wall newspaper

壁掛け

かべかけ

wall-mounted

壁下地

かべしたじ

framework (for a mud-plastered wall)

壁一重

かべひとえ

single wall

壁上

へきじょう

on a wall

壁間

へきかん

portion of wall between two pillars

壁代

かべしろ

curtain separating a central room from the aisles around it (in palatial-style architecture)