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Kanji Detail for 峨 - "lofty, towering"

峨

  • Meaning

    峨 means "lofty, towering." Also associated with steep.

    1. Steep - Towering mountains.

    2. Lofty - High and imposing peaks.

    3. Majestic - Grand and impressive.

  • Tattoo check: 峨

    • Verified meaning: lofty, towering
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: steep

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    high mountain

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    lofty

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    lofty; name of a mountain

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    lofty; the name of a mountain

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

    Tall appearance. Such as 峨冠博帶. | 峨眉: A mountain name. Also a county name in Sichuan.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ga(ガ) ガ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kewa.shii(けわ-しい) けわ-しい

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    steep lofty towering high grand majestic cliff crag precipitous soaring summit peak mountain

Sentences including 峨

  • It was the third year of Meiji when their family name was changed to Saga.

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