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.

• 崦yān🔊

  name of a mountain in Gansu

  11 strokes

• 崧sōng🔊

  variant of 嵩[song1]

  11 strokes

• 崭zhǎn🔊

  towering

  11 strokes

• 崮gù🔊

  steep-sided flat-topped mountain

  11 strokes

• 崯yín🔊

  variant of 崟[yin2]

  11 strokes

• 崽zǎi🔊

  child

  12 strokes

• 嵌qiàn🔊

  to inlay

  12 strokes

• 嵯cuó🔊

  lofty (as of mountain)

  12 strokes

• 崳yú🔊

  county in Shandong province

  12 strokes

• 崴wǎi🔊

  to sprain (one's ankle)

  12 strokes

• 崶fēng🔊

  name of a legendary hill

  12 strokes

• 崾yǎo🔊

  (used in place names)

  12 strokes

• 崿è🔊

  cliff

  12 strokes

• 嵂lǜ🔊

  to rise sharply

  12 strokes

• 嵄měi🔊

  mountain

  12 strokes

• 嵇Jī🔊

  surname Ji

  12 strokes

• 嵋méi🔊

  used in 峨嵋[E2 mei2]

  12 strokes

• 嵎yú🔊

  mountain range

  12 strokes

• 嵓yán🔊

  variant of 岩[yan2]

  12 strokes

• 嵖chá🔊

  see 嵖岈山[Cha2 ya2 Shan1]

  12 strokes

• 嵘róng🔊

  used in 崢嶸|峥嵘[zheng1 rong2]

  12 strokes

• 嵙kē🔊

  place name

  12 strokes

• 嵚qīn🔊

  loftiness (of mountain)

  12 strokes

• 嵛yú🔊

  place name in Shandong

  12 strokes

• 嵝lǒu🔊

  mountain peak

  12 strokes

• 嵫zī🔊

  see 崦嵫[Yan1 zi1]

  12 strokes

• 嵬wéi🔊

  rocky

  12 strokes

• 嵊shèng🔊

  used in 嵊泗[Sheng4 si4] (the name of a place in Zhejiang)

  13 strokes

• 嵞Tú🔊

  Mt Tu in Zhejiang

  13 strokes

• 嵡wěng🔊

  of mountainous appearance

  13 strokes

• 嵩sōng🔊

  (literary) (of mountains) lofty

  13 strokes

• 嵴jí🔊

  ridge

  13 strokes

• 嶅áo🔊

  hill strewn with stones

  13 strokes

• 嵺liáo🔊

  (literary) vast and empty

  14 strokes

• 嶂zhàng🔊

  cliff

  14 strokes

• 嶋dǎo🔊

  variant of 島|岛[dao3], island

  14 strokes

• 嶌dǎo🔊

  variant of 島|岛[dao3], island

  14 strokes

• 嶞duò🔊

  mountain peak

  14 strokes

• 𫶕yíng🔊

  used in 岭巆|岭𫶕[ling2 ying2]

  14 strokes

• 㠇jiù🔊

  (name of a mountain ridge)

  15 strokes

• 嶒céng🔊

  lofty

  15 strokes

• 嶓bō🔊

  name of a mountain

  15 strokes

• 嶖yān🔊

  old variant of 崦[yan1]

  15 strokes

• 嶙lín🔊

  ranges of hills

  15 strokes

• 嶝dèng🔊

  path leading up a mountain

  15 strokes

• 嶟zūn🔊

  (literary) (of terrain) steep; precipitous

  15 strokes

• 嶡guì🔊

  precipitous

  15 strokes

• 嶲xī🔊

  old variant of 巂[xi1]

  15 strokes