滝

See also: 瀧 and 泷
滝 U+6EDD, 滝
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EDD
← 滜
[U+6EDC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 滞 →
[U+6EDE]

Translingual
Traditional 瀧
Shinjitai 滝
Simplified 泷

Han character

滝 (radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水卜廿山 (EYTU), composition ⿰氵竜)

  1. onomatopoeic for the sound of falling rain
  2. an ancient name for Wu Shui
  3. a place in Guangdong province

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 643, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18067
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1050, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1706, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6EDD

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 滝 – see 瀧 (“appearance of raining; wet; soaked; etc.”).
(This character, 滝, is a variant form of 瀧.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 滝

Kyūjitai

 瀧

Kanji
滝

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 瀧)

  1. waterfall, cascade
  2. rapids

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
滝
たき
Grade: S
kun’yomi

/taki1/ → /taki/

From Old Japanese.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

滝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 瀧, hiragana たき, rōmaji taki)

  1. waterfall
    c. 1005, Shūi Wakashū (book 8, poem 1035), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 54)
    滝 (たき)の音 (おと)は絶 (た)えて久 (ひさ)しくなりぬれど名 (な)こそ流 (なが)れてなほ聞 (き)こえけれ
    taki no oto wa taete hisashiku narinuredo na koso nagarete nao kikoekere
    The waterfall's sound faded into nothingness a long time ago―but its name has come down still to be heard today.[2]
  2. (archaic) rapids
    c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 15, poem 3617), text here
    伊 (い)波 (は)婆 (ば)之 (し)流 (る)多 (た)伎 (き)毛 (も)登 (と)杼 (ど)呂 (ろ)尓 (に)鳴 (なく)蝉 (せみ)乃 (の)許 (こ)恵 (ゑ)乎 (を)之 (し)伎 (き)氣 (け)婆 (ば)京師 (みやこ)之 (し)於 (お)毛 (も)保 (ほ)由 (ゆ) [Man'yōgana]
    石 (いは)走 (ばし)る滝 (たき)もとどろに鳴 (な)く蝉 (せみ)の声 (こゑ)をし聞 (き)けば都 (みやこ)し思 (おも)ほゆ [Modern spelling]
    iwa-bashiru taki mo todoro ni naku semi no koe o shikikeba miyako shi omōyu
    (please add an English translation of this example)

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 滝汗 (たきあせ) (takiase, “profuse sweating”)
  • 滝口 (たきぐち) (takiguchi, “top of a waterfall”)
  • 滝壷 (たきつぼ) (takitsubo)
  • 滝 (たき)登 (のぼ)り (takinobori)
  • 男 (お)滝 (だき), 雄 (お)滝 (だき) (odaki)
  • 小 (お)滝 (だき) (odaki, “cascade”)
  • 枯滝 (かれたき), 枯 (か)れ滝 (たき) (karetaki)
  • 涸滝 (かれたき), 涸 (か)れ滝 (たき) (karetaki)
  • 白滝 (しらたき) (shirataki)
  • 女 (め)滝 (だき), 雌 (め)滝 (だき) (medaki)

Proper noun

滝 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 瀧, hiragana たき, rōmaji Taki)

  1. A place name
  2. A surname​.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Steven D. Carter (1991) Traditional Japanese Poetry: An Anthology, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 223
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