崖

Derived characters

 * 嘊 漄 𬿕 𭏡 𥊅 𮯒 𨖭

Glyph origin
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Alternatively analyzed as.

Etymology
Same word as and. See the latter for etymology.

Definitions

 * 1) cliff; precipice
 * 2)  limit; boundary; margin
 * 1)  limit; boundary; margin

Etymology 1
From. Not attested in isolation. First attested in compound in 900.

Affix

 * 1)  cliff

Etymology 2
Shift from older pronunciation kake. First attested in 1280.

May be a shift in usage from compounding element kake as in the synonymous terms, , where the kake comes from verb , from the way the road would be set into the cliff or mountain.

The change from kake to gake apparently happened some time during the (1603–1868). This term is recorded as Caqe (then-current Portuguese orthography for modern romanization kake) in the 1603  Japanese-Portuguese dictionary.

Noun

 * 1)  steep bank, cliff

Etymology 3
From. Further derivation unclear.

First attested in the  of 759.

Modern references either omit this reading entirely or provide no pitch accent information for this reading, suggesting that it might be archaic or even obsolete in modern usage.

Noun

 * 1)   steep slope or incline; collapsed part of a levee or embankment

Etymology 4
Derivation unclear. First attested in the late 1100s.

Modern references either omit this reading entirely or provide no pitch accent information for this reading, suggesting that it might be archaic or even obsolete in modern usage.

Noun

 * 1)   a steep area on a mountainside, a cliff

Etymology 5
Probably from.

Etymology
From.