峰
summit, peak
Readings
On'yomi
- ホウ
Kun'yomi
- みね
- ね
Nanori
- ぶ
- ほ
Meaning
峰 centers on the highest point of a mountain: a summit or peak. It is used for literal mountain peaks and can extend to figurative high points.
Most common words using 峰
20 of 46- 峰みねN1
peak; summit; ridge; top
- 最高峰さいこうほう
highest peak; highest mountain
- 連峰れんぽう
mountain range
- 巨峰きょほう
lofty peak
- 高峰こうほう
high mountain; lofty peak
- 霊峰れいほう
sacred mountain
- 秀峰しゅうほう
beautiful mountain; magnificent mountain
- 主峰しゅほう
the highest peak
- 峰打ちみねうち
striking with the back of the sword
- 喜望峰きぼうほう
Cape of Good Hope
- 未踏峰みとうほう
unclimbed mountain
- 万景峰号ばんけほうごう
Mangyongbong-92 (mixed passenger-cargo ferry running between Wonsan in North Korea and Niigata)
- 万景峰号まんけいほうごう
Mangyongbong-92 (mixed passenger-cargo ferry running between Wonsan in North Korea and Niigata)
- 二峰性にほうせい
bimodal
- 処女峰しょじょほう
untrodden peak
- 剣ヶ峰けんがみね
rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji)
- 単峰型たんほうがた
unimodal
- 単峰駱駝たんぽうらくだ
Arabian camel; dromedary; one-hump camel
- 危峰きほう
high, steep peak
- 双峰そうほう
two-humped; two-peaked; bimodal
Study
Etymology
峰 combines 山 (mountain) with 夆, which likely contributes the sound and carries a sense of pointedness or meeting at the top. The character expresses a mountain peak.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is a mountain 山, and the right side 夆 looks like a pointed shape with a foot. Picture a mountain with a sharp summit rising above the rest.
Reading mnemonic
For ホウ, imagine standing on the peak and letting out a loud 'Ho!' sound that echoes across the mountains: Ho! -> ホウ.