(yuè) - A mountain with a shape like the crescent & a moon-shaped mountain.

Tone 4

yuè | 7 strokes | radical: 山

· yuè

A mountain with a shape like the crescent moon;

a moon-shaped mountain.

A mountain with a shape like the crescenta moon-shaped mountain.

Usage highlights

Crescent mountainMoonCrescent ridgeLunar cliff
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Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The mountain peak looks like a crescent moon (岄峰).
  • They climbed the moon-shaped mountain (岄山).
  • The landscape features a distinctive crescent ridge (岄岭).

Collocations

  • Crescent mountain(岄山)
  • Moon-shaped peak(岄峰)
  • Crescent ridge(岄岭)
  • Lunar cliff(岄崖)
  • Moon-rock(岄石)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • 岄 is a rare character used in poetic and descriptive contexts to depict mountains resembling the crescent moon.
  • It combines the mountain radical (山) with the moon component (月), visually and semantically representing a moon-shaped mountain.

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