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Kanji Detail for 嶺 - "peak, ridge"

嶺

  • Meaning

    嶺 means "peak, ridge."

    1. Peak - The summit of a mountain.

    2. Ridge - A continuous mountain range.

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    • Verified meaning: peak, ridge
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いただき, たかし, みね, みねさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 嶺

    Given names 嶺(たかし)Listen 嶺(みね)Listen 嶺(りょう)Listen 嶺(れい)Listen

    Surnames 嶺(いただき)Listen 嶺(みねさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    peak; summit

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mountain ridge, mountain peak

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    mountain range; mountain ridge

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mountain ridge, mountain peak

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A mountain top with a passable road is called 嶺. Such as 摩天嶺, 八達嶺.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rei(レイ) レイ

    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mine(みね) みね

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    peak ridge mountain range summit apex crest pinnacle top height highland hill elevation alpine cliff ascent

Sentences including 嶺

  • That's to me like a flower on lofty heights.

  • Nancy will never go on a date with me. She's out of my league.

More kanji with the radical 山 (yama・yamahen・yamakammuri)

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