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Translingual
Han character
崔 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山人土 (UOG), four-corner 22214, composition ⿱山隹)
- high, lofty, towering
- a surname, #163 on the Baijiaxing
Derived characters
- 催, 凗, 嗺, 墔, 㜠, 𢕘, 慛, 摧, 漼, 獕, 𨻵, 槯, 𣩑, 熣, 𤗯, 𤛍, 璀, 膗, 皠, 磪, 𥼂, 繀(𮉮), 𦉎, 𪧾, 䜅, 𨄍, 鏙(𰾰), 𩌩, 𩏘, 𩞅, 𩪓
- 𡰋, 𣯧, 𧽠, 𣯯, 䳽, 𦸏, 𩮴, 𡻎, 巂, 𡾧, 𪛂, 𢊛, 𧢠, 𤮯, 𧮋
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 314, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8178
- Dae Jaweon: page 614, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 780, character 17
- Unihan data for U+5D14
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 蜼
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*lus, *rulʔ, *luls
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| 堆
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*tuːl
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| 嵟
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*tuːl
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| 碓
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*tuːls
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| 推
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*tʰuːl, *tʰjul
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| 蓷
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*tʰuːl, *tʰjul
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| 陮
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*duːlʔ
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| 魋
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*duːl
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| 嶊
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*stuːlʔ
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| 崔
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*zluːl, *sʰluːl
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| 猚
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*ŋreːl, *rulʔ
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| 椎
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*dul
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| 顀
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*dul
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| 隹
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*tjul
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| 錐
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*tjul
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| 萑
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*kljul
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| 騅
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*tjul
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| 鵻
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*sɢʷinʔ, *tjul
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| 誰
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*djul
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| 脽
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*djul
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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崔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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cuī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzwoj ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁuj/
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| English
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high, rocky
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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崔
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崔
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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1883
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17713
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Phonetic
component
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崔
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隹
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Rime
group
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微
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微
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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摧
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崔
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Old
Chinese
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/*zluːl/
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/*sʰluːl/
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Definitions
崔
- high, lofty, towering
- height, summit
- a surname,
- 崔琦 ― Cuī Qí ― Daniel Chee Tsui (Chinese-born American physicist and Nobel laureate)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
崔
(Hyōgai kanji)
- cliff, bluff, precipice
Readings
Korean
Hanja
崔 • (choe) (hangeul 최, revised choe, McCune–Reischauer ch'oe, Yale choy)
- High
- A surname
Vietnamese
Han character
崔: Hán Nôm readings: thôi, thoi, thòi
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