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岳

point
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingガク
Kun readingたけ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. pointRtK
    あなたは槍ヶ岳に登ったことがありますか。Have you ever climbed Mt. Yari?tatoeba
  2. peak
  3. mountain
    その山を私たちは剣岳と呼ぶ。We call the mountain Tsurugidake.tatoeba
    ついに病気で疲れた男たちは彼が待っている山岳都市に到着した。Finally, the sick, tired men reached the mountain town where he was waiting.tatoeba
  1. (high) mountain
  2. mount
  3. mt.
  4. mountain peak

Homonyms

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Same reading (たけ)
丈 · height竹 · bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)

Radicals and components

Radical山mountain
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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point · hill · axe (斤) · one (一) · floor · mountain (山)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1428

Compound words

山岳さんがく
mountain chain; mountains
岳樺だけかんば
Erman's birch (Betula ermanii)
岳人がくじん
alpinist
岳父がくふ
(man's) father-in-law
岳麓がくろく
foot of Mount Fuji
富岳ふがく
Mount Fuji
岳友会がくゆうかい
mountaineering club
山岳病さんがくびょう
altitude sickness
山岳部さんがくぶ
mountaineering club
山岳重畳さんがくちょうじょう
mountains rising one above another
山岳地帯さんがくちたい
mountain district

Additional Examples

この犬は山岳地で人を救助するよう訓練されています。
This dog is trained to save people in the mountains.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 岳

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step