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Kanji for Cape
The kanji for “cape” is 岬, read kou and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
岬
cape
A cape reaching out into the sea; the edge of the land.
Cape Soya (宗谷岬) in Hokkaido is officially designated as the northernmost geographical point of Japan's territory.
8 strokes On reading コウ (kou) Kun reading みさき (misaki) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: headland, cape, spit, promontory
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kou, saki
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