峰

See also: 峯

Translingual

Han character

峰 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山竹水十 (UHEJ), four-corner 2775₄, composition ⿰山夆)

Derived characters

• 𫌛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 311, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8094
• Dae Jaweon: page 612, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 775, character 18
• Unihan data for U+5CF0

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Chinese

trad.		峰/峯
simp.		峰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
邦	*proːŋ
梆	*proːŋ
垹	*proːŋ
肨	*pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs
蚌	*broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ
玤	*broːŋʔ
棒	*broːŋʔ
蜯	*broːŋʔ
琫	*poːŋʔ
菶	*poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ
俸	*poːŋʔ, *boŋs
髼	*boːŋ
蜂	*boːŋ, *pʰoŋ
韸	*boːŋ
蓬	*boːŋ
篷	*boːŋ
唪	*boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ
埲	*boːŋʔ
丰	*pʰoŋ
妦	*pʰoŋ
仹	*pʰoŋ
峯	*pʰoŋ
峰	*pʰoŋ
鋒	*pʰoŋ
烽	*pʰoŋ
蠭	*pʰoŋ
桻	*pʰoŋ
莑	*pʰoŋ
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
捧	*pʰoŋʔ
逢	*boŋ
縫	*boŋ, *boŋs
漨	*boŋ
捀	*boŋ, *boŋs
奉	*boŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰoŋ) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 夆 (OC *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): fēng (feng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fong¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fûng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hong / pang

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fong
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹
    • Yale: fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feng
    • Palladius: фэн (fɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fong¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fung¹
    • Yale: fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong
    • Tâi-lô: hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pang
    • Tâi-lô: pang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pafng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ³³/

Note:

• hong - literary;
• pang - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: hong¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hong
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hoŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: phjowng

Rime
Character	峰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敷容切
Baxter	phjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuawŋ/
Li Rong	/pʰioŋ/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰoŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	峰
Reading #	1/1
No.	3225
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	峯
Old Chinese	/*pʰoŋ/
Notes	峯字注或體

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 峰

1. peak; summit
2. hump (of a camel)
3. Classifier for camels.

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Japanese

Kanji

峰

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kun: みね (mine, 峰, Jōyō); お (o, 峰)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi); たかね (takane); ほ (ho); ぶ (bu)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
峰
お Grade: S
kun'yomi

/wo/ → /o/

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū.

Alternative forms

• 丘

Noun

峰(お) • (o) ^{←を (wo)?}

1. (obsolete) a small place in the mountain
2. (obsolete) hill, hilltop

   c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 19, poem 4151:

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   今日(けふ)之(の)為(ため)等(と)思(おもひ)標(しめ)之(し)足(あし)引(ひき)乃(の)峯(をの)上(へ)之(の)櫻(さくら)如此(かく)開(さき)尓家里(にけり) [Man'yōgana]

   今(け)日(ふ)のためと思(おも)ひて標(しめ)しあしひきの峰(を)の上(へ)の桜(さくら)かく咲(さ)きにけり [Modern spelling]

   kyō no tame to omoite shimeshi ashihiki no onoe no sakura kaku saki ni keri

   For the sake of today's feast I thought and put up a sign. The cherry of the foot-dragging hill-tops has come to blossom thus.

3. (obsolete) peak, ridge

Derived terms

• 丘(おか), 岡(おか) (oka, “hill”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
峰
ね Grade: S
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. Used mainly in compounds.

Alternative forms

• 峯, 嶺

Noun

峰(ね) • (ne) 

1. summit of a mountain, peak

   c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3515:

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   阿我於毛乃(あがおもの)和須礼牟之太波(わすれむしだは)久尓波布利(くにはふり)祢(ね)尓多都久毛乎(にたつくもを)見都追之努波西(みつつしのはせ) [Man'yōgana]

   我(あ)が面(おも)の忘(わす)れむしだは国(くに)はふり嶺(ね)に立(た)つ雲(くも)を見(み)つつ偲(しの)はせ [Modern spelling]

   aga omo no wasuremu shida wa kuni wa furi ne ni tatsukumo o mitsutsu shinowase

   The moment you might forget my face, seeing the clouds overflowing the country and rising on the peaks, think of me!

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
峰
みね Grade: S
kun'yomi

From 御(み) (mi, honorific prefix) + 峰(ね) (ne, “peak”), in reference to the 神 (kami, “god or spirit”) at the top of a mountain. Now the standard spelling for a peak.

Compare 道 (michi, “road”).

Alternative forms

• 峯, 嶺

Noun

峰(みね) • (mine) 

1. peak, ridge

   912, Kokin Wakashū, poem 365 (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 16)

   立(た)ち別(わか)れいなばの山(やま)の峰(みね)に生(お)ふるまつとし聞(き)かば今(いま)帰(かへ)り来(こ)む

   tachi-wakare Inaba-no-yama no mine ni ouru matsu to shi kikaba ima kaeri-kon

   Even if I depart and go to Inaba Mountain, on whose peak grow pines, if I hear you pine for me, I will return straightway to you.

   912, Kokin Wakashū, poem 776 (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 13)

   筑(つく)波(ば)嶺(ね)の峰(みね)より落(お)つるみなの川(がは)恋(こひ)ぞ積(つ)もりて淵(ふち)となりぬる

   Tsukuba-ne no mine yori otsuru Minano-gawa koi zo tsumorite fuchi to nari nuru

   Falling from the ridge of high Tsukuba, the Minano River at last gathers itself, like my love, into a deep, still pool.

2. (by extension) top or summit of something
3. back of a blade

Proper noun

峰(みね) • (Mine) 

1. A place name
2. a female given name
3. a surname

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Korean

Hanja

峰 • (bong) (hangeul 봉, revised bong, McCune–Reischauer pong)

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Compounds

• 最高峰 (최고봉)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 峰 (phong)

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