• 長崎ながさき — Nagasaki (place name)
• 岬崎みさき — cape, headland
• 崎さき — cape, point
• 崎陽きよう — a poetic name for Yokohama area

崎 combines the radical 山 (mountain) with 奇 (rare, strange), suggesting a distinctive or protruding mountain shape — like a cape sticking out from land into the sea. It's a common character in geographical names and can imply rugged or steep terrain.

この崎さきは 景色けしきが とてもきれいです。
The view from this cape is very beautiful.

長崎ながさきは 港町みなとまちとして 有名ゆうめいです。
Nagasaki is famous as a port town.

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