Chinese surname · rank 127
岳
岳 is read as yuè.
Pinyin
yuè
Script forms
Simplified 岳 · Traditional 嶽
Basic meaning
high mountain; wife's parents in later usage
Five element
Earth
Origin
Time: Zhou mountain-office and later ancestor-name traditions; Zhou mountain-office tradition, 1046-256 BCE
Place: Sacred mountain and official traditions across ancient China
Origin note
Yue surname traditions connect 岳 with great mountains and mountain-office/ancestor-name layers. The page keeps mountain imagery visible but does not treat it as a simple landscape nickname.
Historical figures
岳飞
1103-1142 CE · Southern Song general
A famous Song general and cultural symbol of loyalty.
岳云
1119-1142 CE · Song military figure
The son of Yue Fei, remembered in Yue family narratives.