Word Meaning 渓谷

けいこく keikoku

渓谷 is read as けいこく (keikoku) and means valley (with a river running through it).

Meaning

English

  1. valley (with a river running through it)
  2. gorge
  3. ravine
  4. canyon

Reading

Kana

けいこく

Romaji

keikoku

Writing Variants

  • 溪谷 けいこく keikoku
  • 谿谷 けいこく keikoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 17117 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

たに

valley

渓流

けいりゅう

mountain stream

峡谷

きょうこく

gorge

渋谷

しぶや

Shibuya City (special ward of Tokyo)

たに

valley

不気味の谷

ぶきみのたに

uncanny valley (hypothesis about humanoid robots)

死の谷

しのたに

valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages)

空谷

くうこく

lonely or uninhabited valley

気圧の谷

きあつのたに

low pressure trough

雪渓

せっけい

snowy valley

長谷川派

はせがわは

Hasegawa school of Japanese painting (Muromachi-early Edo period)

大谷派

おおたには

Otani sect (of Shin Buddhism)