岳 – point, peak, mountain

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The kanji 岳 means point, peak, mountain. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ガク (gaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たけ (take). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 山 (no. 46).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ガク	gaku
Kun’yomi	たけ	take

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 山 (Kangxi radical 46). Components: 山・斤・一.

Words using 岳

山岳さんがくmountain chain

Example sentences

ついに病気で疲れた男たちは彼が待っている山岳都市に到着した。

Finally, the sick, tired men reached the mountain town where he was waiting.

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Kanji with the same radical

山島岸崩岩峡峰嵐峠崇岬崖

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