The kanji 嶺 generally means "peak," "summit," or "ridge" of a mountain. It refers to the highest point or a prominent part of a mountain range.

・On-yomi (音読み): レイ (rei) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): みね (mine)

⚫︎山嶺 (やまみね) Translation: Mountain peak, mountain ridge. ⚫︎連嶺 (れんれい) Translation: Mountain range. ⚫︎高峰嶺 (こうほうれい) Translation: High peak; lofty summit.

The kanji 嶺 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), which means a phono-semantic compound character. It is made up of two parts: ⚫︎The radical 山 (yama), meaning "mountain," indicates the meaning. ⚫︎The phonetic 令 (rei), which provides the sound of the kanji. So, the character visually represents a "mountain" with its "peak" or "ridge," combining both meaning and sound elements.