嶽

See also: 岳

嶽	U+5DBD, 嶽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DBD

← 嶼
[U+5DBC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嶾 →
[U+5DBE]

Translingual

Han character

嶽 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 山大竹大 (UKHK), four-corner 2223₄, composition ⿱山獄)

mountain peak, summit

Derived characters

𪈡

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 321, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8566
Dae Jaweon: page 621, character 29
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 803, character 4
Unihan data for U+5DBD

Chinese

trad.		嶽
simp.		岳^*
nonstandard simp.		𰎫
alternative forms		岳𡽺𡶓𡷒𡶳岳𡽺𡶓𡷒𡶳𡴳

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嶽
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (獄) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
嶽	*ŋroːɡ
鸑	*ŋroːɡ
哭	*ŋ̊ʰoːɡ
獄	*ŋoɡ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuè (yue⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok⁶
Northern Min (KCR): ngà / gà
Eastern Min (BUC): ngŏk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gah⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ga̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngag⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
  - Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴
  - Yale: ywè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
  - Palladius: юэ (jue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ngok⁶
  - Yale: ngohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ngok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ngog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːk̚²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngà / gà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋa⁴²/, /ka⁴²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ngŏk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋouʔ⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gah⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gah⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k
  - Tâi-lô: ga̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gak
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɡak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡak̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɡak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡak̚⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ngag⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nga̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋak̚⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 嶽
Mandarin	Beijing	/yɛ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/iau⁵³/ /yɛ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ye⁵³/
	Jinan	/yə²¹/
	Qingdao	/yə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/yo²⁴/
	Xi'an	/yo²¹/
	Xining	/yu⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ye¹³/
	Lanzhou	/yə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/yɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/io²¹³/
	Chengdu	/yo³¹/
	Guiyang	/io²¹/
	Kunming	/io³¹/
	Nanjing	/ioʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/yɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/yəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/yʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/yaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ŋoʔ¹/ /ɦioʔ¹/ /ȵioʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ŋoʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦiɑʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ŋo²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/ŋɔ²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/ŋo¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/io²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/io²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/ŋɔʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋok̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ŋok̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ŋɔk̚²/
	Nanning	/ŋɔk̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/ŋɔk̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/gak̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ŋoʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ka⁴²/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ŋak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zok̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: ngaewk

Rime
Character	嶽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	五角切
Baxter	ngaewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ŋɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ŋɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngok⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ˤrok/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋroːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	嶽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuè
Middle Chinese	‹ ngæwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ]ˁrok/
English	mountain, peak
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嶽
Reading #	1/1
No.	16029
Phonetic component	獄
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嶽
Old Chinese	/*ŋroːɡ/

Definitions

嶽

tall mountain; highest peak
- 崧高維嶽、駿極于天。
  維嶽降神、生甫及申。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  崧高维岳、骏极于天。
  维岳降神、生甫及申。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Sōnggāo wéi yuè, jùnjí yú tiān.
  Wéi yuè jiàng shén, shēng Fǔ jí Shēn. [Pinyin]
  Grandly lofty are the mountains, with their large masses reaching to the heavens.
  From these mountains were sent down spirits, who gave birth to [the princes of] Fu and Shen.
a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	岳
Kyūjitai	嶽

Kanji

嶽

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 岳)

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Readings

On (unclassified): がく (gaku)
Kun: たけ (take)

Korean

Hanja

嶽 (eum 악 (ak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嶽: Hán Nôm readings: nhạc

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