嶺 — kanji meaning “peak”
嶺
peak, summit
- Meanings
- peak, summit
- On'yomi
- レイ (rei)、リョウ (ryou)
- Kun'yomi
- みね
- Name readings
- ね
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1959 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 46
- Chinese reading
- lǐng — Chinese character page
Words with 嶺
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高嶺 | たかね takane | high peak |
| 分水嶺 | ぶんすいれい bunsuirei | watershed; divide |
| 銀嶺 | ぎんれい ginrei | silvery, snow-capped mountain |
| 山嶺 | さんれい sanrei | mountaintop; summit |
| 海嶺 | かいれい kairei | (submarine) ridge |
| 北嶺 | ほくれい hokurei | Mount Hiei |
| 雪嶺 | せつれい setsurei | snow-capped peak |
| 函嶺 | かんれい kanrei | the Hakone Mountains |
| 峻嶺 | しゅんれい shunrei | steep peak; steep ridge; high rugged mountain |
| 高嶺の花 | たかねのはな takanenohana | prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league |
| 中央海嶺 | ちゅうおうかいれい chuuoukairei | mid-ocean ridge; midocean ridge |
| 高嶺桜 | たかねざくら takanezakura | Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica) |
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