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嶺 means 'mountain peak'

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Strokes : 17    Frequency: 2289   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-4    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 5 words   Used in 23 words   Used in 434 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
On
   レイ
On    リョウ
Kun    みね peak, summit
Name   
⿱   mountain   jurisdiction  
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嶺 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 嶺 is used 20 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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レイ : 10 words FIND ALL
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noun
watershed; divide
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みね : 2 words FIND ALL
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Most common form:
noun
1. peak; summit; ridge; top
2. back of a blade
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ね: 8 words. FIND ALL
Most common form: タカネサギソウ
noun
Platanthera maximowicziana (species of orchid)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional レイ less common words include 嶺 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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レイ    mountain peak; mountain ridge   
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リョウ    jurisdiction, rule   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
レイ    order   
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assembly, gathering   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
seal
サン   やま mountain   
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