# 高嶺
## Chinese

* 高嶺

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Gāolǐng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Gāolǐng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄌㄧㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Gaolǐng
*** Wade–Giles: Kao$^1$-ling$^3$
*** Yale: Gāu-lǐng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Gauliing
*** Palladius: Гаолин (Gaolin)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ liŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

### Proper noun

高嶺
* (～山) Gaoling (mountain and village near Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China)
* (～市) Cao Lãnh (a city in Vietnam)
* (～村) Gaoling (a village in Xinshi, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)
* (～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: [ta̠ka̠ne̞]

#### Noun

高(たか)嶺(ね) • (takane)
* 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)
* a female given name
* 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)
* a placename
* 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)
* a high or lofty peak

### Compounds

* 高(こう)嶺(りょう)土(ど) (kōryōdo, “kaolin”)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Joshua S. Mostow (1996) Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin Isshu in Word and Image, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 55

## 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)
* 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Tago$_1$-no$_2$-ura yu utiidete mi$_1$reba ma-siro$_1$ ni so$_2$ Puzi no$_2$ takane ni yuki$_1$ pa purike$_1$ruWe 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)

### References

* ↑ Haruo Shirane (2006) Classical Japanese: A Grammar, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 313