JLPT N1 · 10 strokes
Kanji 峰: "summit, peak"
The kanji 峰 means "summit, peak". It is written with 10 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ホウ in on'yomi and みね, ね 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)
ホウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みねね
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 | summit, peak |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 10 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1836 of 2,501 |
Common words with 峰
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 峰peak; summit; ridge; top · back of a blade
- 最高峰highest peak; highest mountain · greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art); peak
- 峰打ちstriking with the back of the sword
- 霊峰sacred mountain
- 高峰high mountain; lofty peak
- 連峰mountain range
- 峰々peaks
- 巨峰lofty peak · kyoho (large purple-black grape variety)
- 喜望峰Cape of Good Hope
- 雲の峰clouds that stand like a mountain peak during the summer
- 名峰famous mountain; beautiful mountain
- 主峰the highest peak
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