The kanji 嶺 primarily represents a "peak," "summit," or "ridge" of a mountain. It refers to the highest point or the upper part of a mountain range. It can also describe the top or crest of something.

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

⚫︎ 山嶺 Translation: Mountain peak; summit ⚫︎ 連嶺 Translation: Mountain range ⚫︎ 高峰の嶺 Translation: High mountain peak

The kanji 嶺 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). It combines the phonetic component 令 (rei, meaning "command" or "order") with the semantic component 山 (yama, meaning "mountain"). The "mountain" radical provides the meaning, and the "rei" component contributes to the sound. The combination suggests a mountain that stands high, like a commander. The upper section of the character originally has a variant shape with the shape 𠕁. In ancient times, a group of mountains would be depicted, and it was used to mean mountain or the peak of the mountains.