Kanji Details:
- 嶺
- Frequency:1959
- Kun: nan
- On: レイ, リョウ
- Meaning: peak, summit
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 分水嶺 ぶんすいれい watershed, divide 嶺 みね peak, ridge 高嶺 たかね, こうれい high peak 函嶺 かんれい the Hakone Mountains 北嶺 ほくれい northern mountain, Mt. Hiei 海嶺 かいれい (submarine) ridge 峻嶺 しゅんれい steep peak, steep ridge, high rugged mountain 山嶺 さんれい mountaintop 銀嶺 ぎんれい silvery, snow-capped mountain 高嶺の花 たかねのはな goal which is unattainable (lit: flower on a high peak), prize beyond one's reach