JLPT N1 · 17 strokes
Kanji 嶺: "peak, summit"
The kanji 嶺 means "peak, summit". It is written with 17 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read レイ, リョウ in on'yomi and みね in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
レイリョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みね
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | peak, summit |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 17 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1959 of 2,501 |
Common words with 嶺
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 高嶺の花prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; flower on a high peak
- 高嶺high peak
- 分水嶺watershed; divide · turning point; watershed (moment); moment of truth
- 山嶺mountaintop; summit
- 銀嶺silvery, snow-capped mountain
- 北嶺Mount Hiei · Enryaku-ji (Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei)
- 海嶺(submarine) ridge
- 雪嶺snow-capped peak
- 峻嶺steep peak; steep ridge; high rugged mountain
- 嶺上開花winning hand formed by drawing a replacement tile after declaring a kong
- 青嶺lush mountain; green mountain
- 函嶺the Hakone Mountains
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