峰

summit, peak

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ホウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ねみね

Nanori (名乗り)

ぶほ

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:10

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1836

Vocabulary

ホウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

hump, high, noble, prosperity

rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control

sew, stitch, embroider

mountain peak, mountain pass, climax, crest, (kokuji)

suspicious, mystery, apparition

affair, case, matter, item

observance, offer, present, dedicate