JLPT N1 · 8 strokes
Kanji 岳: "point, peak, mountain"
The kanji 岳 means "point, peak, mountain". It is written with 8 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ガク in on'yomi and たけ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ガク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たけ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | point, peak, mountain |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 8 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1334 of 2,501 |
Common words with 岳
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 岳(high) mountain; Mount; Mt. · mountain peak
- 山岳mountain chain; mountains
- 山岳地帯mountain district
- 山岳部mountaineering club · mountain area
- 岳人alpinist; mountaineer
- 山岳地mountain land; mountains
- 山岳信仰religion that worships mountains as sacred (e.g. Shugendō); mountain worship
- 岳父(man's) father-in-law; father of one's wife
- 燃岳place : Moedake
- 山岳賞King of the Mountains (cycling, esp. Tour de France)
- 開聞岳place : Kaimondake
- 岳樺Erman's birch (Betula ermanii); Russian rock birch
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