嵩
sōng
#3,395 most
frequent character
(literary) (of mountains) lofty
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
嵩 puts 山 mountain together with 高 tall: a mountain that rises high. That gave the first meaning, 'a tall mountain', and from there the meaning grew to 'lofty, high'.
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