# 岬 — headland

岬 means “headland”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes.  Kun'yomi: みさき (misaki). You'll see it in words such as 岬 (misaki, “cape”).

- Meaning: headland
- On'yomi: —
- Kun'yomi: みさき (misaki)
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Land & places 4

## How to remember 岬

Parts: 山 mountain · 甲 armour

## Words with 岬

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 岬 | みさき (misaki) | cape |

## Don't confuse it with

[出](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/exit/) · [由](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/derive-from/) · [申](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/say-humbly/) · [甲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/armour/)

## More in the “Land & places 4” set

[峠](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mountain-pass/) · [岬](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/headland/) · [坑](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/mine-shaft/) · [畔](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/edge-of-a-rice-field/) · [麓](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/foot-of-a-mountain/) · [沃](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/fertile/) · [崖](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cliff/) · [窟](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/cavern/) · [踪](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/whereabouts/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/headland/. Last updated 2026-11-01.