Kanji
嶺
N1
17 strokes
Grade 9
freq #1959
peak, summit
On'yomi (音読み)
レイ、 リョウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
みね
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
分水嶺
ぶんすいれい
watershed; divide
高嶺
たかね
high peak
高嶺苦菜
たかねにがな
Ixeris dentata var. alpicola (mountain flower in the dandelion family)
函嶺
かんれい
the Hakone Mountains
高嶺鷺草
たかねさぎそう
Platanthera maximowicziana (species of orchid)
嶺上
れいじょう
mountain top; summit
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
嶺上牌
リンシャンパイ
replacement tile drawn after declaring a kong
青嶺
あおね
lush mountain; green mountain
嶺颪
ねおろし
wind coming from the top of a mountain
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
高嶺の花
たかねのはな
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object