Chinese Word: 岳 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

岳 (Trad.: 嶽)HSK 6

Pinyin: yuè

English Definition: high mountain; highest peak of a mountain ridge; wife's parents and paternal uncles

Chinese Definition:
①高大的山：五岳(中国五大名山，即东岳泰山，西岳华山，南岳衡山，北岳恒山，中岳嵩山)。
②称妻的父母或妻的叔伯：岳丈。岳父。岳母。叔岳。
③姓氏。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 山

Ideographic: A mountain 山 range surrounded by hills 丘

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 丘 [ qiū ] mound, hill; surname
- 山 [ shān ] mountain, hill, peak

Similar Characters: 岔

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岳父	yuè fù	wife's father, father-in-law
岳母	yuè mǔ	wife's mother, mother-in-law	HSK 6
山岳	shān yuè	mountain; hill; lofty mountain
五岳	wǔ yuè	Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Henan
岳丈	yuè zhàng	father-in-law (wife's father)