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Kanji for Summit
The kanji for “summit” is 嶺, read rei and written in 17 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
summit
A mountain peak or ridge.
17 strokes On reading レイ、リョウ (rei, ryou) Kun reading みね (mine) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: peak, summit
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ne, mine, ryou, re, rei
In Japan it appears in about 124 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 嶺: Neva 嶺唯葉 · Harley 羽嶺 · Reagan 嶺雅 · Reidar 嶺太琉 · Raymond 嶺茂登 · Nel 嶺瑠 · Nell 嶺瑠 · Neto 嶺斗 · Nelle 嶺瑠 · Nenad 嶺南斗 · Nenny 嶺仁 · Remco 嶺夢湖 and 37 more
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