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Kanji Detail for 山 - "mountain, peak, summit"

  • Meaning

    山 means "mountain, peak, summit."

    1. Mountain - A high elevated landform; something shaped like a mountain.

    2. Temple - A term added to temple names.

    3. Burial mound - A grave made by piling earth.

    4. Climax - The peak of interest or excitement; the highest point.

    5. Enryaku-ji - The temple on Mount Hiei.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mountain

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mountain, hill, peak

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Shan

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mountain, hill, peak

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

    A general term for raised earth and rock on the ground. Such as hills, ridges, and islands. When speaking of multiple mountains and their ups and downs and branches, it's called 山彙 or 山脈. Those formed by volcanic activity are called 火山. | Burial mounds are called 山. Such as 山陵.
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Sentences including

  • What a good teacher mr hirayama is !

  • I climbed the mountain last summer.

  • There are many monkeys in the mountain.

  • Is okayama a big city?

  • My name is yamada.

  • We went to the mountain to ski.

  • I have lived in sasayama for three years.

  • I would go to the mountains when young.

  • She is a doctor and also an alpinist.

  • We went to the mountain to ski.

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