Kanji

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

山部

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

とうげ

Common Readings

とうげ

Example sentences

とうげ
私たちはついに山の峠を越えた。

We finally crossed the mountain pass.

山賊 さんぞく
物語では、山賊が峠で旅人を襲った。

In the story, mountain bandits attacked travelers at the pass.

峠道 とうげみち
雨上がりの峠道を、慎重に車で下った。

After the rain, we drove carefully down the mountain pass road.

輿馬風馳 よばふうち
伝令の馬は輿馬風馳の勢いで峠道を駆け抜けた。

The messenger's horse swept over the mountain pass with extraordinary speed.

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