English Definition: gorge
Chinese Definition:
①两山夹着的水道:三门峡(中国黄河中游峡谷之一)。三峡(中国长江流经四川到湖北的交界一带所经过的三个峡谷,其中有“瞿塘峡”、“巫峡”、“西陵峡”)。海峡(两旁有陆地夹着的形状狭长的海,如“台湾峡峡”)。
②指两山之间:峡谷(狭而深的谷地)。
Total strokes: 9;
Radical: 山 Ideographic:The space between
夾 two mountains
山;
夾 also provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:- ⿰ Left to right
- 山 [ shān ] mountain, hill, peak
- 夾 [ jiā ] to support; to be wedged between