# 谷 valley/Swamp Thing radical

八 (eight) + (peaked roof) + 口 (mouth/small box radical)
★★★☆☆
7 strokes
PN

## Onyomi

YA |

## Mnemonic

| It's got a peaked roof + a mouth, but basically it looks so much like the face of Swamp Thing it is difficult for me to think anything else. YA gotta get out of the valley! Swamp thing lives there!

## Kunyomi

たに | valley ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

谷間(たにま) | cleavage ★★★☆☆ ABU KUNKUN 谷 (valley) + 間 (a period of time) = 谷間 (cleavage)
渋谷(しぶや) | Shibuya ★★★☆☆ 渋 (bitter flavor) + 谷 (valley) = 渋谷 (Shibuya) the Shibuya neighborhood of Tokyo (lit. 'bitter valley'、which kind of makes sense when you go there and smell it.)

## Used In

- 欲
- 俗
- 容
- 浴
- 裕