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 (city in Vietnam)

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
高 嶺
たか
Grade: 2		 ね
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Compound of 高 (たか) (taka, “high, tall”) + 嶺 (ね) (ne, “peak”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

高嶺 (hiragana たかね, rōmaji takane)

  1. high (or lofty) peak, as of a mountain
    • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 3, poem 318), text here
      田 (た)兒 (ご)之 (の)浦 (うら)従 (ゆ)打 (うち)出 (いで)而 (て)見 (みれ)者 (ば)真 (ま)白 (しろに)衣 (ぞ)不 (ふ)盡 (じ)能 (の)高 (たか)嶺 (ね)尓 (に)雪 (ゆき)波 (は)零 (ふり)家 (け)留 (る) [Man'yōgana]
      田 (た)子 (ご)の浦 (うら)ゆうち出 (い)でて見 (み)れば真 (ま)白 (しろ)にぞ富 (ふ)士 (じ)の高 (たか)嶺 (ね)に雪 (ゆき)は降 (ふ)りける [Modern spelling]
      Tago-no-ura yu uchi-idete mireba mashiro ni zo Fuji no takane ni yuki wa furikeru
      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.[2]
    1205, Shin Kokin Wakashū (book 6, poem 675), text here (also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 4)
    田 (た)子 (ご)の浦 (うら)にうち出 (い)でて見 (み)れば白妙 (しろたへ)の富 (ふ)士 (じ)の高 (たか)嶺 (ね)に雪 (ゆき)は降 (ふ)りつつ
    Tago-no-ura ni uchi-idete 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.[3]
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
高 嶺
たか
Grade: 2		 みね
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Proper noun

高嶺 (hiragana たかみね, rōmaji Takamine)

  1. A surname​.

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ Haruo Shirane (2006) Classical Japanese: A Grammar, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 313
  3. ↑ Joshua S. Mostow (1996) Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 55
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