山峰
shān fēng · HSK 6
peak
🏔️ 山 mountain + 峰 peak — the summit where a mountain comes to a point
峰 carries the 山 radical on its left, flagging it as mountain-related. The right half 夆 gives the fēng sound. So the character literally spells out peak-of-a-mountain.
山 — pictograph of three mountain peaks
山 is one of the oldest pictographs in Chinese, originally drawn in oracle bone script as three pointed peaks rising from a baseline. The form was simplified over time into the modern three vertical strokes on a base. Its meaning has stayed remarkably stable: 'mountain' or 'hill'.