# 嶽

| 嶽 | U+5DBD, &#23997; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DBD |
| ← 嶼 [U+5DBC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嶾 → [U+5DBE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嶽 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 山大竹大 (UKHK), four-corner 2223$_4$, composition ⿱山獄)
* mountain peak, summit

#### Derived characters

* 𪈡

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 321, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8566
* Dae Jaweon: page 621, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 803, character 4
* Unihan data for U+5DBD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 嶽
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 嶽 | *ŋroːɡ |
| 鸑 | *ŋroːɡ |
| 哭 | *ŋ̊ʰoːɡ |
| 獄 | *ŋoɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yuè (yue$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ngok$^6$
* Northern Min (KCR): ngà / gà
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngŏk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gah$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ga̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngag$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuè
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuè
*** Wade–Giles: yüeh$^4$
*** Yale: ywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yueh
*** Palladius: юэ (jue)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ngok$^6$
*** Yale: ngohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ngok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ngog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔːk̚²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngà / gà
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋa⁴²/, /ka⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋouʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gah$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gah$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ga̍k
*** Tâi-lô: ga̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gak
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡak̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡak̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡak̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡak̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngag$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nga̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋak̚⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit嶽 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /yɛ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /iau⁵³/ /yɛ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ye⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /yə²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /yə⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /yo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /yo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /yu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ye¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /yə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /yɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /io²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /yo³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /io²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /io³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ioʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /yɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /yəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /yʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /yaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ŋoʔ¹/ /ɦioʔ¹/ /ȵioʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ŋoʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɦiɑʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ŋo²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ŋɔ²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ŋo¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /io²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /io²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ŋɔʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋok̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ŋok̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ŋɔk̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ŋɔk̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /ŋɔk̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /gak̚⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ŋoʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ka⁴²/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ŋak̚⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /zok̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: ngaewk
Rime :
| Character | 嶽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 覺 (10) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 五角切 |
| Baxter | ngaewk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋˠʌk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋᵚɔk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɔk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋaɨwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋɔk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋɔk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋɔk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yuè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ngok$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ˤrok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋroːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 嶽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yuè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngæwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ŋ]ˁrok/ |
| English | mountain, peak |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嶽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16029 |
| Phonetic component | 獄 |
| Rime group | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嶽 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋroːɡ/ |

### Definitions

嶽
* tall mountain; highest peak
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Sōnggāo wéi yuè, jùnjí yú tiān. Wéi yuè jiàng shén, shēng Fǔ jí Shēn. [Pinyin]
    Grandly lofty are the mountains, with their large masses reaching to the heavens. From these mountains spirits were sent down, who gave birth to [the princes of] Fu and Shen.
* a surname

### Compounds

* 中嶽 / 中岳 (Zhōngyuè)
* 五嶽 / 五岳 (wǔyuè)
* 北嶽 / 北岳 (Běiyuè)
* 南嶽 / 南岳 (Nányuè)
* 四嶽 / 四岳
* 山嶽 / 山岳 (shānyuè)
* 岱嶽 / 岱岳
* 崧生嶽降 / 崧生岳降
* 嵩嶽降神 / 嵩岳降神
* 嶽公 / 岳公
* 嶽峙淵渟 / 岳峙渊渟
* 嶽廟 / 岳庙
* 嶽立 / 岳立
* 嶽麓書院 / 岳麓书院
* 川渟嶽峙 / 川渟岳峙
* 方嶽 / 方岳
* 東嶽 / 东岳 (Dōngyuè)
* 河嶽 / 河岳 (héyuè)
* 海嶽 / 海岳
* 淵渟嶽立 / 渊渟岳立
* 白嶽山 / 白岳山
* 艮嶽 / 艮岳
* 華嶽 / 华岳
* 西嶽 / 西岳 (Xīyuè)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 岳 |
| Kyūjitai | 嶽 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 岳)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): がく (gaku)
* Kun: たけ (take)

## Korean
### Hanja

嶽 (eum 악 (ak))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嶽: Hán Nôm readings: nhạc
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