mountain

Origin & mnemonic

The mountain radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone and seal script, depicting three peaks of a mountain standing in a row.

Mnemonic: Three vertical strokes side by side resemble three mountain peaks standing tall.

• 崔cuī🔊

  (literary) (of mountains) lofty

  11 strokes

• 崩bēng🔊

  to collapse

  11 strokes

• 崆kōng🔊

  name of a mountain

  11 strokes

• 崖yá🔊

  precipice

  11 strokes

• 岗gǎng🔊

  (bound form) hillock; mound

  11 strokes

• 崎qí🔊

  mountainous

  11 strokes

• 㟥cēn🔊

  uneven

  11 strokes

• 崇chóng🔊

  high

  11 strokes

• 崌jū🔊

  mountain name

  11 strokes

• 崃lái🔊

  name of a mountain in Sichuan

  11 strokes

• 崏mín🔊

  old variant of 岷[min2]

  11 strokes

• 崒zú🔊

  rocky peaks

  11 strokes

• 崓gù🔊

  variant of 崮[gu4]

  11 strokes

• 崚léng🔊

  lofty (as of mountain)

  11 strokes

• 崛jué🔊

  towering as a peak

  11 strokes

• 崞guō🔊

  name of a mountain

  11 strokes

• 崟yín🔊

  high

  11 strokes

• 峥zhēng🔊

  used in 崢嶸|峥嵘[zheng1 rong2]

  11 strokes

• 崤Xiáo🔊

  name of a mountain in Henan

  11 strokes

• 崦yān🔊

  name of a mountain in Gansu

  11 strokes

• 崧sōng🔊

  variant of 嵩[song1]

  11 strokes

• 岽Dōng🔊

  place name in Guangxi province

  11 strokes

• 崭zhǎn🔊

  towering

  11 strokes

• 崮gù🔊

  steep-sided flat-topped mountain

  11 strokes

• 崯yín🔊

  variant of 崟[yin2]

  11 strokes

• 崽zǎi🔊

  child

  12 strokes

• 嵌qiàn🔊

  to inlay

  12 strokes

• 嵯cuó🔊

  lofty (as of mountain)

  12 strokes

• 崳yú🔊

  county in Shandong province

  12 strokes

• 崴wǎi🔊

  to sprain (one's ankle)

  12 strokes

• 崶fēng🔊

  name of a legendary hill

  12 strokes

• 崾yǎo🔊

  (used in place names)

  12 strokes

• 崿è🔊

  cliff

  12 strokes

• 嵂lǜ🔊

  to rise sharply

  12 strokes

• 嵄měi🔊

  mountain

  12 strokes

• 嵇Jī🔊

  surname Ji

  12 strokes

• 嵋méi🔊

  used in 峨嵋[E2 mei2]

  12 strokes

• 嵎yú🔊

  mountain range

  12 strokes

• 岚lán🔊

  (bound form) mountain mist

  12 strokes

• 嵓yán🔊

  variant of 岩[yan2]

  12 strokes

• 嵖chá🔊

  see 嵖岈山[Cha2 ya2 Shan1]

  12 strokes

• 嵘róng🔊

  used in 崢嶸|峥嵘[zheng1 rong2]

  12 strokes

• 嵙kē🔊

  place name

  12 strokes

• 嵚qīn🔊

  loftiness (of mountain)

  12 strokes

• 嵛yú🔊

  place name in Shandong

  12 strokes

• 嵝lǒu🔊

  mountain peak

  12 strokes

• 嵫zī🔊

  see 崦嵫[Yan1 zi1]

  12 strokes

• 嵬wéi🔊

  rocky

  12 strokes