The kanji 岳: meaning, readings and stroke order

岳

Meaning: high mountain
On reading: ガク gaku
Kun reading: たけ take
Strokes: 8
Radical: 山 mountain
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Old form: 嶽

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: núi cao (nhạc)
Japanese: たかいやま。
Korean: 큰 산 (악)
Chinese: 高山、山岳

Readings, words and example sentences

ガク gaku · on reading · less common

山さん岳がく
mountains
山さん岳がく地帯を歩きます。
We hike through the mountains.

たけ take · kun reading · less common

岳たけ
high mountain, peak
遠くの 岳たけに雲がかかります。
Clouds hang over the far-off peak.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.