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岳 means 'mountain peak'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 1528   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-24    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 8 words   Used in 25 words   Used in 2413 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ガク
Kun
   たけ mountain peak
Additional readings
Name    おか   たか   たけん
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 岳 - click the badge to download
See how Mount Fuji connects to a supercomputer that can save Japan. Find out how politicians hobbled science research for years. Discover a legend about how Fuji became taller than its rival. Learn to say, "Mount Yatsugatake is a range with eight peaks," "This dog is trained to save people in the mountains," "Mountain rescue teams are on standby," and "The mountaineer set out for the summit."
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Lofty Views
岳 峠 峰 麓
Sometimes a mountain isn't just a mountain. See how the Japanese associate certain parts with the peak of a crisis or with a risky situation that leaves no room for error. Find out how most of the population reveres mountains as sacred and how they act on these beliefs. Discover a legendary rivalry between two great mountains, one that proved transformative for both. Learn how particular perceptions of mountains have inspired famous artwork. And see how, to the Japanese, the foot of a mountain appears to be the hem of its "skirt"!
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Components
⿱  丘 hill  山 mountain  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 岳 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 岳 is used 22 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ガク : 17 words FIND ALL
さ ん が く 0 さ ん が く 1
mountains
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たけ : 3 words FIND ALL
た け 2
noun, suffix
1. peak
2. mountain
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たけ (read as だけ) : 2 words FIND ALL
だ け が ら す 3
noun
spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)  (see also: 星烏; often written with kana only; obscure term)
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An additional one less common word includes 岳 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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岳
ガク   たけ mountain peak   
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丘
キュウ   おか hill   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
山
サン   やま mountain   
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