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, composition ⿱丘山)

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

---

§Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		岳

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yüeh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯œ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngok⁶
    • Yale: ngohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (岳, reconstructed)
Character (岳), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 疑 (31) Final: 覺 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 五角切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ŋɣʌk̚/	/ŋɔk̚/	/ŋɔk̚/	/ŋɯɔk̚/	/ŋaɨwk̚/	/ŋɔk̚/	/ŋɔk̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (岳, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
岳								yuè								‹ ngæwk ›								/*[ŋ]ˤrok/								mountain, peak
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
岳					16339					岳					屋					1					嶽					/*ŋroːɡ/					同嶽

§Definitions

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

§Japanese

§Kanji

岳

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

§Readings

• On: がく (gaku)
• Kun: たけ (take)

§Alternative forms

• 嶽

§Etymology

Kanji in this term

岳

たけ Grade: S

kun'yomi

Kanji in this term

岳

がく Grade: S

on'yomi

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

§References

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

---

§Korean

§Hanja

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

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

---

§Vietnamese

§Han character

岳 (nhạc)

1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.