EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; impregnable; steep

    彼らは険しい北面を登った。
    They climbed the rugged north face.
  2. grim; severe; stern

Also written 嶮しい【けわしい】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes

Kun
けわ.しい
On
ケン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
707 of 2500
Radical
mound
WaniKani
Level 16

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Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-8SKIP code
2d8.8The Kanji Dictionary
7823.6Four corner code
3663deroo
967aUnicode hex code
1-24-17JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5000Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6456New Nelson (John Haig)
542New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
658Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
398Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
495Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1672Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1802Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
616A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1308Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
356Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41721PMorohashi
662A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
533Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
542Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
770sakade
988Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
689henshall3
731Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
790Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
736Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1688Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xian3Pinyin reading
heomKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level