Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

峻: high, steep

JLPT N110 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

山 carries the meaning · 夋 is drawn in

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

シュンshun · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 峻別しゅんべつrigorous distinction
  • 峻険しゅんけんsteep; precipitous
  • 急峻きゅうしゅんsteep; sharp

Also read けわしい, たかい, with no example words in our sources. 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

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
峻 high · 山
vs俊 sagacious · 亻
峻 has 山 where 俊 has 亻.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jùn

Same form: 峻 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
峻 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
峻 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jùn most common reading

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

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