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Kotomora

嶺

peak, summit

JLPTN1StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes17

Readings

On'yomi

  • レイ
  • リョウ

Kun'yomi

  • みね

Nanori

  • ね

Meaning

嶺 centers on the highest point of a mountain: a peak or summit. It is used for literal mountain tops and can extend to figurative high points.

Most common words using 嶺

  • 高嶺たかね

    high peak

  • 分水嶺ぶんすいれい

    watershed; divide

  • 銀嶺ぎんれい

    silvery, snow-capped mountain

  • 山嶺さんれい

    mountaintop; summit

  • 中央海嶺ちゅうおうかいれい

    mid-ocean ridge; midocean ridge

  • 函嶺かんれい

    the Hakone Mountains

  • 北嶺ほくれい

    Mount Hiei

  • 峻嶺しゅんれい

    steep peak; steep ridge; high rugged mountain

  • 嶺上れいじょう

    mountain top; summit

  • 嶺上牌リンシャンパイ

    replacement tile drawn after declaring a kong

  • 嶺上開花リンシャンカイホウ

    winning hand formed by drawing a replacement tile after declaring a kong

  • 嶺颪ねおろし

    wind coming from the top of a mountain

  • 海嶺かいれい

    (submarine) ridge

  • 雪嶺せつれい

    snow-capped peak

  • 青嶺あおね

    lush mountain; green mountain

  • 高嶺の花たかねのはな

    prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; flower on a high peak

  • 高嶺七竈たかねななかまど

    Siberian mountain ash (Sorbus sambucifolia)

  • 高嶺桜たかねざくら

    Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica)

  • 高嶺苦菜たかねにがな

    Ixeris dentata var. alpicola (mountain flower in the dandelion family)

  • 高嶺鷺草たかねさぎそう

    Platanthera maximowicziana (species of orchid)

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Etymology

嶺 combines 山 (mountain) with 領, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a commanding high place. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

A mountain 山 with a commanding presence 領 at the top: the peak that overlooks everything below.

Reading mnemonic

For レイ, picture a ray of sunlight hitting the summit first at dawn: ray -> レイ, and the peak catches the light.