高嶺

高嶺

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

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

• 高根

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) たかね [tàkáné] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠ne̞]

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]

• 高 (たか)嶺 (ね)の花 (はな) (takane no hana, “prize beyond one's reach”, literally, "flower on a high peak")

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠mʲine̞]

高嶺 (hiragana たかみね, rōmaji Takamine)

1. A surname​.