音読み: ホウ
訓読み: みね
画数: 10
部首: 山（やまへん）
Meaning
peak / summit
- 峰 — peak; ridge
- 高峰 — high mountain; lofty peak
- 主峰 — main peak
- 霊峰 — sacred mountain
- 連峰 — mountain range
峰 represents the pointed top of a mountain — the summit or crest.
It’s often used in poetic expressions describing beauty, greatness, or aspiration — like climbing toward one’s peak.
The left side shows the mountain radical, and the right side comes from 主, meaning “main” or “chief.”
Together they form 峰 — the main, rising peak of a mountain.
Creates
連峰 — mountain range; a chain of connected peaks.