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Kanji Detail for 峠 - "mountain pass, peak"

峠

  • Meaning

    峠 means "mountain pass, peak."

    1. Mountain pass - The point where ascending ends and descending begins on a mountain road.

    2. Peak - The height of momentum; the climax of events.

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    • Verified meaning: mountain pass, peak
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たうげ, たお, たおげ, たわ)

    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 峠

    Surnames 峠(たうげ)Listen 峠(たお)Listen 峠(たおげ)Listen 峠(たわ)Listen 峠(たわとう)Listen 峠(とうげ)Listen 峠(どうげさき)Listen 峠(とおげ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mountain peak; mountain pass; climax; crest; (kokuji)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mountain pass; crisis, climax

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (Japanese kokuji) mountain pass; (fig.) crisis point; pr. tōge

  • Onyomi

    tip
    none

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    touge(とうげ) とうげ

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    mountain pass peak summit crest ridge crossing elevation climb slope apex pinnacle height

Sentences including 峠

  • It began to rain as we came near the pass.

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