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峠

Reading

Kana: とうげ
Romaji: touge
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

mountain peak, mountain pass, climax, crest, (kokuji)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  46
Frequency:  1941
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-6
Korean Reading:  sang
Unicode:  5ce0
JIS:  463D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 358
Nelson Index: 1416
New Nelson Index: 1464
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3o6.3
Four Corner Index: 2173.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 1663
Gakken Index: 1751
Japanese Names Index: 1081
Daikanwanjiten Index: 8068
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0247
Remembering the kanji Index: 773
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1239
Kodansha Compact Index: 542
Kanji in Context Index: 1849
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 265
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 319
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 780
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 835
Essential Kanji Index: 1473
Kodansha Kanji Index: 428
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1254
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1248

Words

峠 (とうげ)
ridge; (mountain) pass; difficult part
峠を越える (とうげをこえる)
to cross a pass
峠道 (とうげみち)
road over a mountain pass
碓氷峠 (うすいとうげ)
Usui Pass
峠を越す (とうげをこす)
to cross over a pass; to finish the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness)
峠越え (とうげごえ)
crossing a mountain pass
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