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.

• 乢gài🔊

  ancient variant of 蓋|盖[gai4]

  4 strokes

• 屴lì🔊

  high mountain range

  5 strokes

• 岁suì🔊

  classifier for years (of age)

  HSK 1

  6 strokes

• 岂qǐ🔊

  how? (emphatic question)

  6 strokes

• 屹yì🔊

  high and steep

  6 strokes

• 屺qǐ🔊

  (literary) a barren hill

  6 strokes

• 屼wù🔊

  bare hill

  6 strokes

• 屾shēn🔊

  (literary) two mountains standing next to each other

  6 strokes

• 屿yǔ🔊

  islet

  6 strokes

• 岀chū🔊

  old variant of 出[chu1]

  6 strokes

• 岌jí🔊

  lofty peak

  6 strokes