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嶺 = 山 + 領

嶺 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mountaintop”. It is built from 山 (mountain) and 領 (jurisdiction). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2336.

Keyword
mountaintop
RTK frame
2336
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
レイ, リョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みね
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
peak, горная вершина
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
嶺 mountain ridge

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 山 mountain
  2. 領 jurisdiction

How to find 嶺 without knowing its reading

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

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