Hanja Analyzer
岳

岳 — ak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
큰산 악
Romanization
ak
English
mountain peak; surname
Mandarin
yuè
Japanese on'yomi
ガク
Japanese kun'yomi
たけ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,334 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Variant forms
嶽
Radical
山 (46, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
丘(구)
Unicode
U+5CB3

Parts that make up 岳

  • 丘 언덕 구sound 솟은 언덕언덕. ‘구’ 계열의 소리
  • 山 메 산 솟은 봉우리 셋산과 산에 있는 것

How 岳 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 岳 as a compound involving 羋, 山.

Korean example words with 岳

  • 악장岳丈 Korean gloss: 아내의 아버지
  • 명악名岳 Korean gloss: 높고 크기로 이름난 산
  • 산악山岳 Korean gloss: 높고 험준하게 솟은 산들
  • 악우岳友 Korean gloss: 산으로써 사귄 벗. 또는 산을 함께 오르며 벗하는 사람
  • 산악미山岳美 Korean gloss: 산악의 아름다움
  • 산악전山岳戰 Korean gloss: 산악 지대에서 하는 전투
  • 산악가山岳家 Korean gloss: 등산을 즐기거나 잘하는 사람
  • 산악인山岳人 Korean gloss: 등산을 전문적으로 하는 사람
  • 산악회山岳會 Korean gloss: 등산하는 사람들로 이루어진 단체
  • 산악지山岳地 Korean gloss: 산들이 높고 험준하게 솟아 있는 곳
  • 산악국山岳國 Korean gloss: 국토의 대부분이 산으로 이루어진 나라
  • 산악용山岳用 Korean gloss: 산악과 관련된 일에 씀. 또는 그런 물건

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 岳

  • 山岳さんがく mountain chain; mountains
  • 岳たけ (high) mountain; Mount; Mt.
  • 岳父がくふ (man's) father-in-law; father of one's wife
  • 岳麓がくろく foot of Mount Fuji
  • 岳人がくじん alpinist; mountaineer
  • 岳樺だけかんば Erman's birch (Betula ermanii); Russian rock birch
  • 岳烏だけがらす spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
  • 岳神がくじん mountain god
  • 岳母がくぼ wife's mother; mother-in-law
  • 山岳部さんがくぶ mountaineering club; mountain area
  • 山岳病さんがくびょう altitude sickness
  • 岳友会がくゆうかい mountaineering club

Characters sharing the phonetic 丘

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “구” in Korean.

Other hanja read “악”

Other hanja with radical 山

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences