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峰 means 'summit'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1368   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-19    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 6 words   Used in 38 words   Used in 1460 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ホウ
Kun
   みね summit, peak
Additional readings
Kun    ね
Name    ぶ   ほ
Variants
峯  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 峰 - click the badge to download
Packed with fun quizzes and great photos, this short essay teaches you to talk about soaring peaks, successive peaks, and the tallest mountain in a range. You'll find out why people compare Mount Fuji to a lotus blossom. The essay also pays close attention to yomi issues, including an unusual pattern of phonetic changes and the oddity of an identical kun-yomi and on-yomi.
Components
⿰  山 mountain  夆 resist  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 峰 is used 4 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 峰 is used 36 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ホウ : 23 words FIND ALL
し ゅ う ほ う 0
noun
beautiful mountain; magnificent mountain
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ホウ (read as ぽう) : 4 words FIND ALL
れ ん ぽ う 0
noun
mountain range
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みね : 8 words FIND ALL
み ね 0
noun
1. peak; summit; ridge; top
2. back of a blade
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ね : 1 word FIND ALL
Most common form: ハヤチネウスユキソウ
noun
Leontopodium hayachinense (species of plant related to Edelweiss)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 2 less common words include 峰 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1799  Joy o' Kanji : 1799  Key to Kanji: - 

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峰
ホウ   みね summit, peak   
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山
サン   やま mountain   
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夆
resist   
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夂
go
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丰
ladder
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