嶺
peak; summit
17 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 1959.
Readings
- レイ (on reading): 分水嶺 (ぶんすいれい) watershed; 海嶺 (かいれい) (submarine) ridge
- リョウ (on reading)
- みね (kun reading)
Components
- 山
- 領
- 一 radical one
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 𠆢 radical person roof
- 卩 radical seal
- 山 radical mountain
- 目 radical eye
- 貝 radical shell; money
- 頁 radical head; page
Words using 嶺
- 分水嶺 (ぶんすいれい) watershed
- 海嶺 (かいれい) (submarine) ridge
- 中央海嶺 (ちゅうおうかいれい) mid-ocean ridge
- 銀嶺 (ぎんれい) silvery, snow-capped mountain
- 山嶺 (さんれい) mountaintop
- 高嶺の花 (たかねのはな) prize beyond one's reach
- 嶺颪 (ねおろし) wind coming from the top of a mountain
- 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
14 words in all.