mountain

Origin & mnemonic

The mountain radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone and seal script, depicting three peaks of a mountain standing in a row.

Mnemonic: Three vertical strokes side by side resemble three mountain peaks standing tall.

• 峂tóng🔊

  (used in place names)

  8 strokes

• 峃xué🔊

  big rocky mountain

  8 strokes

• 峄yì🔊

  name of hills in Shandong

  8 strokes

• 峇bā🔊

  (used in transliteration)

  9 strokes

• 峋xún🔊

  used in 嶙峋[lin2 xun2]

  9 strokes

• 峒dòng🔊

  cave

  9 strokes

• 峓yí🔊

  place name

  9 strokes

• 峙zhì🔊

  (literary) to tower aloft

  9 strokes

• 峚mì🔊

  used in 峚山[Mi4 Shan1]

  9 strokes

• 峞wéi🔊

  high and uneven

  9 strokes

• 峡xiá🔊

  gorge

  9 strokes

• 峣yáo🔊

  high

  9 strokes

• 峤jiào🔊

  highest peak

  9 strokes

• 峥zhēng🔊

  used in 崢嶸|峥嵘[zheng1 rong2]

  9 strokes

• 峦luán🔊

  mountain ranges

  9 strokes

• 峧jiāo🔊

  (used in place names)

  9 strokes

• 𡶴chǎn🔊

  winding mountain path

  9 strokes

• 崋huá🔊

  flowery

  10 strokes

• 峨é🔊

  variant of 峨[e2]

  10 strokes

• 峰fēng🔊

  variant of 峰[feng1]

  10 strokes

• 峪yù🔊

  valley

  10 strokes

• 峭qiào🔊

  high and steep

  10 strokes

• 峱náo🔊

  name of a mountain

  10 strokes

• 峹tú🔊

  name of a mountain

  10 strokes

• 峻jùn🔊

  (of mountains) high

  10 strokes

• 峿wú🔊

  name of a mountain

  10 strokes

• 崀làng🔊

  used in place names

  10 strokes

• 崁kǎn🔊

  see 赤崁樓|赤崁楼[Chi4 kan3 lou2]

  10 strokes

• 崂láo🔊

  name of a mountain in Shandong

  10 strokes

• 崃lái🔊

  name of a mountain in Sichuan

  10 strokes

• 崄xiǎn🔊

  precipitous

  10 strokes

• 𪨶Shē🔊

  old variant of 畲[She1]

  10 strokes

• 崔cuī🔊

  (literary) (of mountains) lofty

  11 strokes

• 崩bēng🔊

  to collapse

  11 strokes

• 崆kōng🔊

  name of a mountain

  11 strokes

• 崖yá🔊

  precipice

  11 strokes

• 崎qí🔊

  mountainous

  11 strokes

• 㟥cēn🔊

  uneven

  11 strokes

• 崇chóng🔊

  high

  11 strokes

• 崌jū🔊

  mountain name

  11 strokes

• 崏mín🔊

  old variant of 岷[min2]

  11 strokes

• 崒zú🔊

  rocky peaks

  11 strokes

• 崓gù🔊

  variant of 崮[gu4]

  11 strokes

• 崚léng🔊

  lofty (as of mountain)

  11 strokes

• 崛jué🔊

  towering as a peak

  11 strokes

• 崞guō🔊

  name of a mountain

  11 strokes

• 崟yín🔊

  high

  11 strokes

• 崤Xiáo🔊

  name of a mountain in Henan

  11 strokes