岳

See also 嶽

Translingual

Etymology

丘 + 山

Han character

岳 (radical 46 山+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人一山 (OMU), four-corner 7277₂)

1. mountain peak
2. used as a surname

Related terms

• 山

References

• KangXi: page 309, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8001
• Dae Jaweon: page 609, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 767, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5CB3

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Cantonese

Hanzi

岳 (Yale ngok6)

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• 嶽

Etymology

Directly cognate with take (“height”). Indirectly cognate with taka (“height”), takai (“high”), and tak- (“to be high”).

Noun

岳 (hiragana たけ, romaji take)

1. a tall mountain
2. a mountain peak
   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 612)

     Taqe. (タケ) (嶽・岳) 山脈や山の高い所, あるいは, 頂. これの本来の語はDaqe (だけ)である.

Proper noun

岳 (hiragana たけし, romaji Takeshi)

1. A male given name

岳 (hiragana がく, romaji Gaku)

1. A male given name

Kanji

岳 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: がく (gaku)
• Kun: たけ (take)

References

• 1980 May 24 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:

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Korean

Hanja

岳 (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune-Reischauer ak)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

岳 (pinyin yuè (yue4), Wade-Giles yüeh⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

岳 (nhạc)