峽
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xiá · gorge, ravine, strait

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Shape and proportion

10Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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山Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 峽

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Example sentences

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Bìng fēi suǒ yǒu xiá wān zhōu wéi dōu yǒu shān mài.並非所有峽灣周圍都有山脈。

Not all fjords have mountains around them.

Source: Tatoeba #13573233 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì yóu guò yīng jí lì hǎi xiá de wéi yīyī gè měi guó rén.他是游過英吉利海峽的唯一一個美國人。

He is the only American who has swum the English Channel.

Source: Tatoeba #351050 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì wéi yīyī gè yóu yǒng héng dù yīng jí lì hǎi xiá de měi guó rén.他是唯一一個游泳橫渡英吉利海峽的美國人。

He is the only American who has swum the English Channel.

Source: Tatoeba #351058 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xiá gǔ duì tā lái shuō fēi cháng shēn.峽谷對他來說非常深。

The gorge looked very deep to him.

Source: Tatoeba #13153773 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tiě qiáo xiá gǔ shì lián hé guó jiào kē wén zǔ zhī shì jiè yí chǎn.鐵橋峽谷是聯合國教科文組織世界遺產。

Ironbridge Gorge is a Unesco world heritage site.

Source: Tatoeba #13153774 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 峽 in context

  1. Say xiá, then recall the core meaning: gorge, ravine, strait.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 峽 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.