The word "嵩明" is formed by combining two characters: 嵩, which is constructed from the semantic components 山 (mountain) and 高 (high) to convey the meaning of a lofty mountain, and 明, which is constructed from 日 (sun) and 月 (moon) to convey the meaning of brightness; these characters are joined to create a disyllabic compound used primarily as a geographical name.