yuè

high mountain

surname Yue; highest peak of a mountain ridge

hill (丘) + mountain (山) = the towering peak above all

A hill rising above an already tall mountain — the combined image evokes the commanding peak that towers over everything around it. The character naturally extended to mean the highest point of a range.

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泰山是中国五中最有名的一座。

tài shān shì zhōng guó wǔ yuè zhōng zuì yǒu míng de yī zuò。

Mount Tai is the most famous of China's Five Sacred Mountains.

古人把高耸入云的山称为

gǔ rén bǎ gāo sǒng rù yún de shān chēng wéi yuè。

The ancients called a mountain that soared into the clouds a yue.

Words with 岳

雪岳山

xuě yuè shān

Seoraksan, mountain near Sokcho, South Korea

中岳

zhōng yuè

Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]

五岳

wǔ yuè

Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan

北岳

běi yuè

Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]

南岳

nán yuè

Nanyue district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan

南岳区

nán yuè qū

Nanyue district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan

叔岳

shū yuè

wife's uncle

周一岳

zhōu yī yuè

York Chow or Chow Yat-ngok (1947-), Hong Kong doctor and politician, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food since 2004

安岳

ān yuè

Anyue county in Ziyang 資陽|资阳[Zi1 yang2], Sichuan

安岳县

ān yuè xiàn

Anyue county in Ziyang 資陽|资阳[Zi1 yang2], Sichuan

山岳

shān yuè

mountain

岱岳区

dài yuè qū

Daiyue district of Tai'an city 泰安市[Tai4 an1 shi4], Shandong

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