noun, noun used as a suffix

  1. (mountain) pass, highest point on a mountain road, ridge.

noun

  1. peak (e.g. of summer), worst (e.g. of an illness), crisis, critical point, most difficult part.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
とうげ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

mountain peak, mountain pass, climax
とうげ (7th, N1)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
above, up
ジョウ うえ あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
below, down, descend
カ した くだ.る (1st, N5)