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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.
嶺
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, rei
In Japan it appears in about 124 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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