谷

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/谷

Glyph origin
— valley in between two mountains.

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with, and.

Definitions

 * 1) valley; gorge; ravine
 * 2) river or stream between two mountains;  stream or river
 * 3)  difficult position; predicament
 * 1)  difficult position; predicament
 * 1)  difficult position; predicament

Definitions

 * 1) to pressure
 * 2) to hasten; to boost
 * 3) to cause to swell by pressuring
 * 4) to hold back or conceal negative emotions or feelings

Etymology 3
From. .

Definitions

 * 1)  group

Kanji

 * 1) valley
 * 2) lowland, plain

Readings
From :

From, as in :

From, as in :

Etymology 1
From, from. Possibly cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a valley
 * 2) a trough
 * 3) an intersection of two receding roof slopes

Noun

 * 1) a low-lying wetland
 * 2) a valley

Etymology 3
Possibly a shift from yatsu above.

Noun

 * 1) a valley

Etymology 4
Variant shift from yatsu above.

Noun

 * 1)  Same as  above

Etymology 5
Another variant shift from yatsu above.

Noun

 * 1) Same as  above

Noun

 * 1)  a small valley

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 3
From.