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Kanji Detail for 峰 - "peak, back of blade"

峰

  • Meaning

    峰 means "peak, back of blade."

    1. Peak - Mountain summit; also a large mountain.

    2. Back of blade - The blunt edge of a knife.

  • Words using 峰

    • 最高峰 さいこうほう Listen highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority
    • 連峰 れんぽう Listen mountain range

  • Tattoo check: 峰

    • Verified meaning: peak, back of blade
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たかし, たかね, ほう, みね)

    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 峰

    Given names 峰(たかし)Listen 峰(たかね)Listen 峰(みね)Listen

    Surnames 峰(ほう)Listen 峰(みねさき)Listen 峰(みねざき)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    summit; peak

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    peak, summit; hump of camel

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 峰[feng1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    peak, summit; a camel's hump

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

    A mountain that rises straight up and sharp is called 峰. | Things with steep protrusions are also called 峰. Such as camels having double or single humps, meaning the raised parts on their backs.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hoh(ホウ) ホウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mine(みね) みね

    ne(ね) ね

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    peak summit ridge mountaintop crest apex pinnacle back of blade height top vertex climax acme

Sentences including 峰

  • Mt. Everest is the highest peak in the world.

  • The peak rises above the clouds.

  • The highest mountain in the world is in Nepal.

  • Mt. Everest is the highest peak in the world.

  • The Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps.

  • Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, is 3,776 meters high.

  • Many students compete to get into the best universities.

  • When I became a student of Tokyo University, the pinnacle of achievement in academic-focused Japan, the thing that most surprised me was that I could make 10,000 yen an hour as a home tutor.

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

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