峠 – mountain peak, mountain pass, climax

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1941 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 峠 means mountain peak, mountain pass, climax, crest, (kokuji). its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is とうげ (touge). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 山 (no. 46).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
Kun’yomi	とうげ	touge

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: ｜・一・山・卜.

Words using 峠

峠とうげ(mountain) pass

Example sentences

私達が峠にさしかかる頃に雨になった。

It began to rain as we came near the pass.

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Kanji with the same radical

山島岸崩岩岳峡峰嵐崇岬崖

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