岳

See also: 嶽

岳 U+5CB3, 岳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CB3 ← 岲 [U+5CB2] CJK Unified Ideographs 岴 → [U+5CB4]

Translingual

Han character

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

Related terms

• 山

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		岳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 岳
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (岳) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
岳	*ŋroːɡ
捳	*ŋroːɡ

丘 (“dune”) + 山 (“mountain”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngo̍k
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ga̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngag⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngok⁶
    • Yale: ngohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋok̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k
    • Tâi-lô: ga̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gak
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡak̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡak̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡak̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡak̚⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngag⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nga̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋak̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /ŋˠʌk̚/

Rime
Character	岳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五角切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ŋɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ŋɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngok6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ˤrok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋroːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	岳
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ ngæwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]ˁrok/
English	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	岳
Reading #	1/1
No.	16339
Phonetic component	岳
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嶽
Old Chinese	/*ŋroːɡ/
Notes	同嶽

Definitions

岳

1. tall mountain (Same as 嶽)
2. parent-in-law
3. A surname​.

   岳飛 / 岳飞  ―  Yuè Fēi  ―  Yue Fei

Compounds

• 五岳
• 五岳四瀆／五岳四渎
• 令岳
• 四山五岳
• 四岳
• 山岳
• 岳丈 (yuèzhàng)
• 岳伯
• 岳墳／岳坟
• 岳家 (yuèjiā)
• 岳家軍／岳家军
• 岳岳
• 岳崗／岳岗 (Yuègǎng)

• 岳州 (Yuèzhōu)
• 岳底 (Yuèdǐ)
• 岳廟／岳庙
• 岳撼山崩 (yuèhàn-shānbēng)
• 岳普湖 (Yuèpǔhú)
• 岳母 (yuèmǔ)
• 岳溪 (Yuèxī)
• 岳父 (yuèfù)
• 岳牧
• 岳陽／岳阳 (Yuèyáng)
• 岳陽樓／岳阳楼 (Yuèyánglóu)
• 岳飛／岳飞 (Yuèfēi)
• 投潘岳果

• 搖山振岳／摇山振岳
• 方岳
• 景岳全書／景岳全书
• 海岳名言
• 淵渟岳峙／渊渟岳峙
• 潘岳白髮／潘岳白发
• 潘岳貌美
• 潘岳鬢白／潘岳鬓白
• 福如山岳
• 華岳／华岳
• 負山戴岳／负山戴岳
• 關岳／关岳

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 岳 – see 嶽 (“tall mountain; mountain peak, summit”). (This character, 岳, is the simplified form of 嶽.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	岳
Kyūjitai	嶽

Kanji

岳

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 嶽)

1. mountain peak
2. tall mountain

Readings

• On (unclassified): がく (gaku, Jōyō)
• Kun: たけ (take, 岳, Jōyō)
• Nanori: たける (takeru)

Alternative forms

• 嶽

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
岳
たけ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
嶽 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
岳
がく Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
嶽 (kyūjitai)

Directly cognate with 丈 (take, “height”). Indirectly cognate with 高 (taka, “height”), 高い (takai, “high”), and 長ける (takeru, “to be high”).

Noun

岳(たけ) • (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.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

岳(たけし) • (Takeshi) 

1. A male given name

Etymology 3

Proper noun

岳(たける) • (Takeru) 

1. A male given name

Etymology 4

Proper noun

岳(がく) • (Gaku) 

1. A male given name

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja

岳 • (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune–Reischauer ak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

岳: Hán Nôm readings: nhạc

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