岳 (ngok6 | yue4) : high mountain; great mountain

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岳

ngok6

yue4

[1] [n] high mountain; great mountain
| 嶽 is a less-favoured, interchangeable, traditional variant
[2] [n] parents of one's wife
[3] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 山 (#46)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

岳

This word has been viewed 3323 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Sep 2009 00:34

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岳母 ngok6 mou5*2 yue4 mu3 = wife's mother, mother-in-law

岳父 ngok6 fu6*2 yue4 fu4 = wife's father, father-in-law

安岳 on1 ngok6 an1 yue4 = Anyue (place in Sichuan)

南岳區 naam4 ngok6 keoi1 nan2 yue4 qu1 = Nanyue (area in Hunan)

岳池 ngok6 ci4 yue4 chi2 = Yuechi (place in Sichuan)

岳陽 ngok6 joeng4 yue4 yang2 = Yueyang (city in Hunan)

岳陽地區 ngok6 joeng4 dei6 keoi1 yue4 yang2 di4 qu1 = Yueyang district (district in Hunan)

岳普湖 ngok6 pou2 wu4 yue4 pu3 hu2 = Yuepuhu (place in Xinjiang)

岳西 ngok6 sai1 yue4 xi1 = Yuexi (place in Anhui)

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Decimal representation of this word: 岳
Unicode code for this character: U+5cb3 (off-site link)

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