Taxonomy of meanings for 岳 / 嶽:　　

  • 岳 yuè (OC: ŋruuɡ MC: ŋɯɔk) 五角切 入 廣韻：【同嶽 】
    • DEITY
      • nprMountain deity (David N. Keightley transcribes this chracter with a goat's horns on the top.)
    • IN-LAWS
      • nwife's parents
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    • MOUNTAIN
      • ngreat mountain, also written 嶽
    • SUMMIT
      • SURNAMES

        Additional information about 嶽

        說文解字: 【嶽】，東岱、南靃、西華、北恆、中泰室，王者之所以巡狩所至。 〔小徐本「至」上無「所」。〕 从山、獄聲。 【五角切】 【𡶓(岳)】，古文象高形。

          Criteria
        • MOUNTAIN

          1. The general term for a mountain of any kind, large or small, is shān 山.

          2. Yuè 岳／嶽 refers is a positive way to one of the great mountains of China, and the word typically functions as the head word in a noun phrase, as in 五岳. (Note that obviously in proper names and designations of titles (e.g. the title sì yuè 四岳 ) the two characters are not interchangeable.)

          3. Fù 阜 refers to a large non-rocky mountain with an elevated plain on top.

          4. Ā 阿 refers to a very large non-rocky mountan with an elevated plain on top.

          5. Qiū 丘 refers to a small non-rocky earth mound.

          6. Yuán 原 can refer to the highlands and is marginal in this group.

          7. Lǐng 嶺, later sometimes written 領, is not a post-Han word, as many dictionaries might lead one to suppose, but the word is very rare in pre-Han times. The word refers to mountains as forming a series, often connoting a road along the ridge.

          Word relations
        • Epithet: (MOUNTAIN)喬/HIGH Qiáo 喬refers specifically to the imposing tallness of trees.