Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1836 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: summit, peak

Kunyomi: みね

Onyomi: ホウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mountain

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ホウトウ summit of a peak

未踏 ミトウホウ unclimbed mountain

コウホウ high mountain, lofty peak

Kunyomi Examples

みね peak, summit, ridge, top, back of a blade

打ち みねうち striking with the back of the sword

剣ヶ けんがみね rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji), wrestling ring, dire or risky situation with no room for error, sink-or-swim position

みねみね peaks

剣ヶ けんがみね rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji), wrestling ring, dire or risky situation with no room for error, sink-or-swim position

みねみね peaks