峭
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high and steep; precipitous; severe or stern
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 山 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 峭
- Common rank
- #3,549
- Unicode
- U+5CED
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Formation & memory
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Words with 峭
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 料峭 | spring chill in the air; cold | |
| 悬崖峭壁 | (idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces | |
| 峭壁 | cliff; steep; precipice | |
| 劲峭 | (of wind) strong and bitterly cold | |
| 峻峭 | high and steep | |
| 陡峭 | precipitous |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 肖 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肖 sound part | to resemble, to look like; to be like | |
| 消 | news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish | |
| 销 | to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell | |
| 哨 | to whistle; to chirp | |
| 削 | to pare, to scrape, to trim | |
| 硝 | saltpeter; to tan leather | |
| 屑 | bits, crumbs, scraps; fragments; not worthwhile | |
| 宵 | night, evening, darkness | |
| 鞘 | scabbard, sheath | |
| 梢 | the tip of a branch; rudder | |
| 悄 | quiet, silent, still; anxious | |
| 筲 | basket, bucket | |
| 蛸 | octopus; long-legged spider; mantis nest | |
| 逍 | to ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter | |
| 捎 | to carry, to take; to select | |
| 艄 | the stern of a ship | |
| 魈 | mischievious mountain spirit | |
| 诮 | to scold, to blame; to ridicule, to criticize | |
| 绡 | raw silk |