嵞
tú
This 13-stroke mountain character isn’t a description — it...
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yú
This 12-stroke character exists for exactly one reason: to n...
嵙
kē
This character was invented solely to name one mountain — M...
岚
lán
This 7-stroke character hides wind and mountain in its shape...
嵎
yú
This 'mountain range' character hides a pair of people (偶) ...
嵇
jī
This 'mountain' character isn’t about terrain — it’s a so...
嵄
měi
A forgotten mountain: 嵄 is a classical synonym for 'mountai...
嵂
lu:4
This character doesn’t just mean 'rise' — its very shape i...
崿
è
This rare, literary cliff character hides a crane-shaped anc...
崽
zǎi
Despite its 'mountain' radical, 崽 has zero to do with geogr...
崴
wǎi
A mountain radical + 'power' component created a word for sp...
崳
yú
This character looks like a mountain wearing sunglasses — b...
崱
zé
This rare character stacks two 'mountain' radicals to visual...
崮
gù
This rare character exists solely because Shandong’s tablet...
岽
dōng
This character doesn’t mean 'eastern mountain' — it’s a p...
崦
yān
This 11-stroke mountain glyph isn’t just a place name — it...