noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. standing tall, towering, soaring.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
屹立 きつりつ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

towering mountains
キツ そばだ.つ (Kentei 1)
mountain
やま サン セン (1st, N5)
beg, invite, ask
こ.う コツ キツ (11th)
person(人) variant
the latter, duplicate, strange
おと- オツ イツ (8th, N1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)