峰
peak, summit

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ホウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ねみね

Nanori (名乗り)

ぶほ

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Information

Grade:8
Strokes:10
JLPT:1
Frequency:1836

Vocabulary

ホウ

WordReadingMeaning
最高峰サイコウホウhighest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art); peak
高峰コウホウhigh mountain; lofty peak
主峰シュホウthe highest peak
未踏峰ミトウホウunclimbed mountain
喜望峰キボウホウCape of Good Hope

Other

WordReadingMeaning
峰みねpeak; summit; ridge; top; back of a blade
連峰れんぽうmountain range
単峰駱駝たんぽうらくだArabian camel; dromedary; one-hump camel
峰打ちみねうちstriking with the back of the sword
群峰ぐんぽう(the many peaks of a) mountain range

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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descend, fall, precipitate, surrender
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beach
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high, hump, noble, prosperity
Grade 8JLPT 1
律
control, gauge, law, regulation, rhythm
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縫
embroider, sew, stitch
Grade 8JLPT 1
峠
(kokuji), climax, crest, mountain pass, mountain peak
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怪
apparition, mystery, suspicious
Grade 8JLPT 1
件
affair, case, item, matter
Grade 5JLPT 3
奉
dedicate, observance, offer, present
Grade 8JLPT 1
羊
sheep
Grade 3JLPT 1