嶽 meaning and stroke order
Mountain peak, summit
How to write 嶽, stroke by stroke
17 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 嶽
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- high mountain
- highest peak of a mountain ridge
How 嶽 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mountain.
山 gives the meaning and 獄 hints at the sound.
Radical: 山 (mountain), shared by 111 characters on this site.
How to remember 嶽
嶽 puts 山 (shān, mountain) on top of 獄 (yù, prison), which gives the sound. Picture a towering mountain rising above a prison, so high that no one can climb out.
嶽 is the traditional form of 岳 and appears mostly in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and older texts. It names great mountains, especially the Five Great Mountains, 五嶽 (wǔ yuè). Example: 泰山是五嶽之一。(Tàishān shì wǔ yuè zhī yī.) Mount Tai is one of the Five Great Mountains.
Common mistake: Learners often read 嶽 as yù because of the phonetic part 獄, but the correct reading is yuè with a fourth tone. Also do not drop the 山 on top, or you get 獄, which means prison.
Questions about 嶽
How many strokes are in 嶽?
嶽 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 嶽 mean?
嶽 (yuè) means mountain peak, summit.
How do you pronounce 嶽?
嶽 is pronounced yuè, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 嶽?
The radical of 嶽 is 山, which carries the idea of "mountain". Dictionaries list 嶽 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 嶽?
嶽 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 岳, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 嶽 the same as 岳?
In the mountain sense, yes. Simplified Chinese writes 岳 for both meanings. Traditional Chinese uses 嶽 for great mountains and keeps 岳 for the surname and for in-law words.
Why does 岳父 mean father-in-law?
岳父 (yuèfù) means a wife's father, and 岳母 (yuèmǔ) means a wife's mother. Even in traditional Chinese these words are usually written with 岳, not 嶽.