Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

峠: mountain peak, mountain pass

Also: climax, crest

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

山 carries the meaning · 上 and 下 are drawn in

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

とうげtouge · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 峠とうげ(mountain) pass
  • 峠道とうげみちroad over a mountain pass
  • 峠越えとうげごえcrossing a mountain pass

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand tall and look at the horizon! Three peaks reach for the clouds in perfect harmony.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseMade in Japan, no Chinese counterpart

峠 is a kokuji, a kanji created in Japan. Chinese has no standard counterpart.

Unihan lists the reading qiǎ for it.

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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