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Kanji Detail for 岳 - "mountain, peak"

岳

  • Meaning

    岳 means "mountain, peak." Also associated with summit.

    1. Mountain - A large mountain; a high mountain.

    2. Summit - The peak of a mountain.

  • Tattoo check: 岳

    • Verified meaning: mountain, peak
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おか, がく, たかし, たかね)
    • Also carries these associations: summit

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 岳

    Given names 岳(がく)Listen 岳(たかし)Listen 岳(たかね)Listen 岳(たけ)Listen 岳(だけ)Listen 岳(たけし)Listen 岳(たける)Listen

    Surnames 岳(おか)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    point; peak; mountain

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mountain peak; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Yue

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mountain peak; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Now surnames and calling one's father-in-law 岳丈 use 岳, not 嶽.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gaku(ガク) ガク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    take(たけ) たけ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    mountain summit peak alpine altitude apex ascent climb elevation majestic range terrain top

Sentences including 岳

  • We call the mountain tsurugidake.

More kanji with the radical 山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

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