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)

1. 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

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

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• 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/

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• 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/
	Tunxi	/ŋo¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/io²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/io²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/ŋɔʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋok̚⁵/
	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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

1. 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.

2. a surname

Compounds

• 中嶽／中岳 (Zhōngyuè)
• 五嶽／五岳 (wǔyuè)
• 北嶽／北岳 (Běiyuè)
• 南嶽／南岳 (Nányuè)
• 四嶽／四岳
• 山嶽／山岳 (shānyuè)
• 岱嶽／岱岳
• 崧生嶽降／崧生岳降
• 嵩嶽降神／嵩岳降神
• 嶽公／岳公
• 嶽峙淵渟／岳峙渊渟
• 嶽廟／岳庙
• 嶽立／岳立
• 嶽麓書院／岳麓书院
• 川渟嶽峙／川渟岳峙
• 方嶽／方岳
• 東嶽／东岳 (Dōngyuè)
• 河嶽／河岳 (héyuè)
• 海嶽／海岳
• 淵渟嶽立／渊渟岳立
• 白嶽山／白岳山
• 艮嶽／艮岳
• 華嶽／华岳
• 西嶽／西岳 (Xīyuè)

 

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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