峰 (fēng): (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit, mountain-like in appearance, highest level
峰 (fēng) is a Chinese character meaning “(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 山 (semantic) and 夆 (phonetic). It ranks #1464 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 峰 mountain. Its radical form 山 (mountain) appears in many related characters such as 山 (shān, mountain), 岁 (suì, years old), 岸 (àn, bank).
Definitions
- (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit
- mountain-like in appearance
- highest level
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 峰
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 顶峰noun | dǐng fēng | peak |
| 巅峰noun | diān fēng | summit |
| 峰会noun | fēng huì | summit meeting |
| 峰值noun | fēng zhí | peak value |
| 珠穆朗玛峰proper-noun | zhū mù lǎng mǎ fēng | Mount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma) |
| 高峰期noun | gāo fēng qī | peak period |
| 尖峰noun | jiān fēng | sharp peak (landform) |
| 驼峰noun | tuó fēng | hump of a camel |
| 峰回路转phrase | fēng huí lù zhuǎn | the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) |
| 双峰noun | shuāng fēng | boobies |
| 登峰造极phrase | dēng fēng zào jí | to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements) |
| 峰顶noun | fēng dǐng | summit |
| 珠峰proper-noun | zhū fēng | Mount Everest (abbr. for 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰) |
| 峰峦noun | fēng luán | peaks and ridges |
| 波峰noun | bō fēng | wave crest |
峰 appears in 90 compound words: 10 as the first character, 64 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 峰 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
Bogda Peak (the highest mountain in the Bogda Shan range, in the eastern Tian Shan mountains, China)
Bogda Peak (the highest mountain in the Bogda Shan range, in the eastern Tian Shan mountains, China)
Showing 4 of 6 idioms containing 峰.
Example Sentences
峰字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
fēng zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "峰" is not frequently used in everyday life.
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. . . ! C D I E 2 0 2 6 shǔ chuàng zhōng guó , zhì lián shì jiè fēng huì qǐ mù zài jí ! F X 1 6 8
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台中公车驶入校园+1 “282绕”停靠雾峰国中
tái zhōng gōng chē shǐ rù jiào yuán 1 2 8 2 rào tíng kào wù fēng guó zhōng
Taichung bus drove into the campus +1 "282 rounds" and stopped at Wufeng Junior High School
春节假期第八天全国各地迎返程车流客流高峰
chūn jié jiǎ qī dì bā tiān quán guó gè dì yíng fǎn chéng chē liú kè liú gāo fēng
On the eighth day of the Spring Festival holiday, all parts of the country welcomed the peak of return traffic and passenger flow
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yìn dù A I fēng huì xiàn gān gà yī mù : zài zǒng lǐ mò dí chū xí de chǎng gě , O p . . .
An embarrassing scene at the India AI Summit: On the occasion attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Op...
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xiàn xià mén diàn pái cháng duì xiàn shàng dìng dān zǎo gāo fēng jīng dōng qī xiān chūn jié shuāng xiàn gòng . .
Long queues in offline stores, early peak of online orders, JD Qixian Spring Festival double line total:
最先登上珠穆朗玛峰的人是谁？
Zuì xiān dēngshàng Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng de rén shì shéi?
Who first reached the summit of Mt. Everest?
珠穆朗玛峰的海拔有多高？
Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng de hǎibá yǒu duō gāo?
What is the height of Mt. Everest?
胡安，他叫林峰，我和林峰是朋友。
Hú ān, tā jiào lín fēng, wǒ hé lín fēng shì péngyou.
Huan, he is called Linfeng, Linfeng and I are friends.
萨米有峰巨大的骆驼。
Sàmǐ yǒu fēng jùdà de luòtuo.
Sami has a huge camel.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 山 (mountain) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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