峰
(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance; highest level; classifier for camels
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How 峰 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
山 (semantic, “mountain”) + 夆 (phonetic, féng)
How to remember it
peak · Heisig RSH #2589
山 mountain + briar
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夆
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夆 (féng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夆 sound component | féng | to resist; to headbutt |
| 蜂 | fēng | bee, wasp, hornet |
| 锋 | fēng | spear-point; edge, point, tip |
| 逢 | féng | to happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence |
| 烽 | fēng | beacon, signal fire |
| 埄 | fēng | dust storm; dust in the wind |
Words containing 峰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 五峰土家族自治县 | Wǔ fēng Tǔ jiā zú Zì zhì xiàn | Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, in Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 东亚峰会 | Dōng yà Fēng huì | East Asia Summit, annual meeting of leading Asian states |
| 道拉吉里峰 | Dào lā jí lǐ Fēng | Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas |
| 斯科费尔峰 | Sī kē fèi ěr Fēng | Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England (978 m) |
| 太子十三峰 | Tài zǐ shí sān fēng | thirteen peaks of Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏… |
| 西峰区 | Xī fēng Qū | Xifeng, a district of Qingyang City 慶陽市|庆阳市[Qing4 yang2 Shi4], Gansu |
| 文峰区 | Wén fēng Qū | Wenfeng, a district of Anyang City 安陽市|安阳市[An1 yang2 Shi4], Henan |
| 高峰会 | gāo fēng huì | summit meeting |
| 石峰区 | Shí fēng Qū | Shifeng, a district of Zhuzhou City 株洲市[Zhu1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan |
| 峰回路转 | fēng huí lù zhuǎn | the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom); (of a mountain road) twisting and t… |
| 鱼峰区 | Yú fēng Qū | Yufeng, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 民变峰起 | mín biàn fēng qǐ | seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances |
| 托木尔峰 | Tuō mù ěr Fēng | Victory Peak or Jengish Chokusu (7,439 m), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the b… |
| 峰火台 | fēng huǒ tái | fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the… |
| 五峰县 | Wǔ fēng Xiàn | see 五峰土家族自治縣|五峰土家族自治县[Wu3 feng1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 神女峰 | Shén nǚ Fēng | name of a peak by the Three Gorges 長江三峽|长江三峡[Chang2 Jiang1 San1 xia2] |
| 双峰县 | Shuāng fēng Xiàn | Shuangfeng, a county in Loudi City 婁底市|娄底市[Lou2 di3 Shi4], Hunan |
| 高峰会议 | gāo fēng huì yì | summit conference |
| 高峰期 | gāo fēng qī | peak period; rush hour |
| 非高峰 | fēi gāo fēng | off-peak |