Keyword
border
- horizon
- river bank
- shore
- Frequency
- #1989
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
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Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 厓 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
生涯
career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
天涯
the other end of the world; a faraway place
天涯海角
Tianya Haijiao, tourism area on the south coast of Hainan, 24 km west of Sanya 三亚 (Sānyà)
涯
border; horizon; shore
职涯
career
浪迹天涯
to roam far and wide (idiom); to travel the world
咫尺天涯
so close, yet worlds apart (idiom)
天涯若比邻
far-flung realms as next door (idiom); close in spirit although far away
学海无涯
sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn; ars longa, vita brevis
戎马生涯
army life (idiom); the experience of war