嶺 = 山 + 領

嶺 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “mountain ridge”. It is built from 山 (mountain) and 領 (neck).

Keyword: mountain ridge
Pinyin (Mandarin): lǐng
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: mountain ridge, mountain peak, горный пик, горный хребет, mountain peak
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 嶺 mountaintop

Decomposition

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山 mountain
領 neck

How to find 嶺 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mountain” + “neck”. 嶺 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 嶺 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.