峻

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(of mountains) high; harsh or severe

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

山 meaning “mountain” + 夋 sound

Components 山夋

lofty · Heisig RSH #2476

山 mountain + streetwalker

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
高风峻节	gāo fēng jùn jié	a high-class upright character (idiom)
天峻县	Tiān jùn Xiàn	Tianjun, a county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Me…
形势严峻	xíng shì yán jùn	in grave difficulties; the situation is grim
天峻	Tiān jùn	see 天峻縣\|天峻县[Tian1 jun4 Xian4]
高峻	gāo jùn	high and steep
崇山峻岭	chóng shān jùn lǐng	towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
冷峻	lěng jùn	grave and stern
险峻	xiǎn jùn	(of terrain) mountainous; rugged; (of a situation) precarious; daunting
严峻	yán jùn	grim; severe; rigorous
峻岭	jùn lǐng	lofty mountain range
峻厉	jùn lì	pitiless; merciless
陡峻	dǒu jùn	precipitous; high and steep
峻峭	jùn qiào	high and steep

Characters sharing the sound component 夋 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
夋 sound part	—	to dawdle; the emperor Yao's father
俊	jùn	talented, capable; handsome
梭	suō	a weaver's shuttle; to go back and forth
浚	jùn	to dredge
唆	suō	to make mischief; to instigate, to incite
焌	jùn	to ignite, to light
竣	jùn	to terminate, to finish, to end; to quit
骏	jùn	an excellent horse; a noble steed
逡	qūn	to withdraw, to retreat, to fall back
黢	qū	black
悛	quān	to repent; to reform
狻	suān	a fabulous beast
皴	cūn	chapped, cracked
睃	suō	to squint at