yuè

mountain peak

A mountain  range surrounded by hills 

Components
丘 meaning component

  Meaning component

qiū

  

hill

山 meaning component

  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

Evolution

岳 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
岳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
岳 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
岳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yuè

mountain peak; surname; wife's parents and paternal uncles

 

Yuè

surname Yue

() 

yuè

high mountain; highest peak of a mountain ridge

Most common words with 岳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

岳父

wife's father, father-in-law

high mountain

岳母

wife's mother, mother-in-law

岳阳

Yueyang prefecture-level city in Hunan

岳飞

Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general