高嶺

Chinese

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

Etymology

For the fourth sense, borrowed from Malay Kodiang, from Thai เขาแดง (kǎo-dɛɛng, literally “Red Mount”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gāolǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gāolǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gaolǐng
    • Wade–Giles: Kao¹-ling³
    • Yale: Gāu-lǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gauliing
    • Palladius: Гаолин (Gaolin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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)
4. (～市) Kodiang (a town in Kubang Pasu district, Kedah, Malaysia)

Derived terms

• 高嶺石 / 高岭石 (gāolǐngshí)

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])
• 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.

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

• 高(たか)嶺(ね)の月(つき) (takane no tsuki)
• 高(たか)嶺(ね)の花(はな) (takane no hana)

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

• 高(こう)嶺(りょう)土(ど) (kōryōdo, “kaolin”)

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.

Descendants

• Japanese: 高嶺 (takane)