峠

峠	U+5CE0, 峠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CE0

← 峟
[U+5CDF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

峡 →
[U+5CE1]

Translingual

Han character

峠 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 山卜一卜 (UYMY), four-corner 2173₁, composition ⿰山𠧗)

mountain pass
crisis, climax

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 311, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8068
Dae Jaweon: page 611, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 1, page 770, character 8
Unihan data for U+5CE0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		峠

Glyph origin

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 峠 (tōge).

Etymology

Spelling pronunciation, as 卡 (qiǎ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǎ, qiǎ (ka³, qia³)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄚˇ, ㄑㄧㄚˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǎ
  - Wade–Giles: kʻa³
  - Yale: kǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaa
  - Palladius: ка (ka)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻia³
  - Yale: chyǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chea
  - Palladius: ця (cja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ä²¹⁴/

Definitions

峠

Used in Japanese place names.

Japanese

Glyph origin

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”).

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 山 (“mountain”) + 上 (“up; ascend”) + 下 (“down; descend”).

Compare 裃(かみしも) (kamishimo), 垰(たお) (tao).

Kanji

峠

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Kun: とうげ (tōge, 峠, Jōyō)^{←たうげ (tauge, 峠, historical)}
Nanori: たわ (tawa)、たわとう (tawatō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
峠
とうげ Grade: S
kun'yomi

/tamuke/ → /tauɡe/ → /toːɡe/

Sound shift from 手向け (tamuke, “tribute to a person about to depart”).^[1]^[2] It is said that these offerings were "given" to them as they traveled into the afterlife, akin to a mountain. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーげ [tòógéꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]^[3]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːɡe̞]

Noun

峠(とうげ) • (tōge) ^{←たうげ (tauge)^?}

mountain pass, ridge
(figurative) crisis, climax

Derived terms

峠(とうげ)を越(こ)える (tōge o koeru, “cross a pass”)
峠(とうげ)を越(こ)す (tōge o kosu, “to finish the most difficult part; to be over the worst”, literally “cross over a pass”)
峠(とうげ)越(ご)え (tōge-goe, “crossing a mountain pass”)
峠蕗(トウゲブキ) (tōgebuki)
峠(とうげ)道(みち) (tōgemichi, “road over a mountain pass”)
碓(う)氷(すい)峠(とうげ) (Usui-tōge, “Usui Pass”)

Proverbs

洞(ほら)ヶ峠(とうげ)を決(き)め込(こ)む (Horagatōge o kimekomu, “to wait for a good opportunity”, literally “to wait and see at Horagatōge”)

Proper noun

峠(たうげ) • (Tauge)

a surname

Proper noun

峠(とうげ) • (Tōge) ^{←たうげ (Tauge)^?}

A place name.
a surname

Etymology 2

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

峠(たお) or 峠(たおげ) or 峠(とおげ) or 峠(どうげさき) • (Tao or Taoge or Tōge or Dōgesaki)

a surname

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

峠 • (sang) (hangeul 상, revised sang, McCune–Reischauer sang)

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[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJS-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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