五岳

Traditional form:

五嶽

Pinyin (reading):

Wǔyuè

Definitions:

• Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 ( Tài Shān) in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山／华山 ( Huà Shān) in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 ( Héng Shān) in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山／恒山 ( Héng Shān) in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 ( Sōng Shān) in Henan

Characters:

• 五 - five; surname
• 岳 - mountain peak; surname

Traditional characters:

• 五 - five; surname
• 嶽 - mountain peak, summit