高嶺

Chinese
high; tall mountain range
trad. (高嶺) 高 嶺
simp. (高岭) 高 岭

Pronunciation

Proper noun

高嶺

  1. (～山) Gaoling (mountain and village near Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China)
  2. (～市) Cao Lãnh (a city in Vietnam)
  3. (～村) Gaoling (a village in Xinshi, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
高 嶺
たか
Grade: 2		 ね
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
高根

From Old Japanese.

Compound of 高 (taka, stem of adjective 高い (takai), “high, tall”) +‎ 嶺 (ne, “peak”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) たかね [tàkáné] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ka̠ne̞]

Noun

高(たか)嶺(ね) • (takane) 

  1. a high or lofty peak, as of a mountain
    • 1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 675), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 4)
      田子(たご)の浦(うら)にうち出(い)でて見(み)れば白妙(しろたへ)の富士(ふじ)の高(たか)嶺(ね)に雪(ゆき)は降(ふ)りつつ
      Tago-no-ura ni uchiidete mireba shirotae no Fuji no takane ni yuki wa furitsutsu
      As I set out on the beach of Tago, and look, I see the snow constantly falling on the high peak of Fuji, white as mulberry cloth.[2]
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 高(タカ)嶺(ネ)薄(ウス)雪(ユキ)草(ソウ) (takane usuyukisō)
  • 高(たか)嶺(ね)颪(おろし) (takane oroshi)
  • 高(タカ)嶺(ネ)桜(ザクラ) (takane-zakura)
  • 高(タカ)嶺(ネ)羊歯(シダ) (takane shida)
  • 高(タカ)嶺(ネ)菫(スミレ) (takane sumire)
  • 高(タカ)嶺(ネ)爪(ツメ)草(クサ) (takane tsumekusa)
  • 高(タカ)嶺(ネ)蜻蛉(トンボ) (takane tonbo)
  • 高(タカ)嶺(ネ)撫子(ナデシコ) (takane nadeshiko)
  • 高(タカ)嶺(ネ)七(ナナ)竈(カマド) (takane nanakamado)
  • 高(タカ)嶺(ネ)薔薇(バラ) (takane bara)
  • 高(たか)嶺(ね)日(ひ)陰(かげ)の蔓(かずら) (takane hikage no kazura)
  • 高(タカ)嶺(ネ)松(マツ)虫(ムシ)草(ソウ) (takane matsumushisō)
Idioms

Proper noun

高(たか)嶺(ね) • (Takane) 

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
高 嶺
たか
Grade: 2		 みね
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
高峰

From 高 (taka, stem of adjective 高い (takai), “high, tall”) +‎ 峰 (mine, “peak”).

Proper noun

高(たか)嶺(みね) • (Takamine) 

  1. a placename
  2. a surname
Derived terms
  • 高(たか)嶺(みね)神(じん)社(じゃ) (Takamine Jinja)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
高 嶺
こう
Grade: 2		 れい
Jinmeiyō
kan’on

/kaurei/ → /kɔːreː/ → /koːreː/

From Middle Chinese 高嶺 (MC kaw ljengX).

Noun

高(こう)嶺(れい) • (kōrei) ←かうれい (kaurei)?

  1. a high or lofty peak

Compounds

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Joshua S. Mostow (1996) Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 55

Old Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 高 (taka, stem of adjective 高し (takasi), “high, tall”) +‎ 嶺 (ne, “peak”).

Noun

高嶺 (takane) (kana たかね)

  1. a high or lofty peak, as of a mountain
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 318:
      , text here
      田兒之浦從打出而見者眞白衣不盡能高嶺爾雪波零家留
      Tago1-no2-ura yu utiidete mi1reba ma-siro1 ni so2 Puzi no2 takane ni yuki1 pa purike1ru
      We went out, passing through the bay of Tago, and when we looked, it was pure white; the snow falling on the tall peak of Fuji.[1]

Descendants
  • Japanese: 高嶺 (takane)

References
  1. Haruo Shirane (2006) Classical Japanese: A Grammar, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 313
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