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Kanji Detail for 峻 - "high, severe"

峻

  • Meaning

    峻 means "high, severe."

    1. High - Tall; steep; mountains towering precipitously.

    2. Severe - Strict; harsh; rigorous.

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    • Verified meaning: high, severe
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しゅん, しゅんきつ, しゅんじ, たかし)

    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 峻

    Given names 峻(しゅん)Listen 峻(たかし)Listen 峻(たけし)Listen

    Surnames 峻(しゅんきつ)Listen 峻(しゅんじ)Listen 峻(たるおか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    high; steep

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    high, steep, towering; stern

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (of mountains) high; harsh or severe

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    high, steep, towering; stern

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

    High. Such as 崇山峻嶺. | Great. (Great Learning) "Able to make his virtue shine brightly." | Severe. Such as 嚴峻.

  • Onyomi

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    shun(シュン) シュン

  • Kunyomi

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    kewa.shii(けわ-しい) けわ-しい

    taka.i(たか-い) たか-い

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    high severe steep big stately towering lofty precipitous craggy rugged harsh strict rigorous mountainous elevated grand majestic sheer alpine cliff peak

Sentences including 峻

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