橋

音読おんよみ: キョウ

訓読くんよみ: はし

画数かくすう: 16 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 木(き)

Meaning

bridge


  • はし — bridge
  • 歩道橋ほどうきょう — pedestrian bridge
  • 鉄橋てっきょう — iron bridge
  • 架橋かきょう — bridge construction
  • 橋梁きょうりょう — bridge span / structure
  • 橋脚きょうきゃく — bridge pier

The kanji combines the radical for "tree" () with the phonetic component キョウ. It originally referred to wooden structures for crossing rivers and valleys and continues to represent various kinds of bridges in modern Japanese.

このはしわたるとえきがあります。
There is a station across this bridge.

新しいはし完成かんせいしました。
The new bridge has been completed.

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