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Translingual
Han character
峭 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山火月 (UFB), four-corner 29727, composition ⿰山肖)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 311, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8085
- Dae Jaweon: page 611, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 773, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5CED
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 梢
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*sreːw
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| 捎
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*sreːw, *sew
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| 筲
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*sreːw
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| 鞘
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*sreːw, *slewɢs
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| 艄
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*sreːw
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| 蛸
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*sreːw, *sew
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| 髾
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*sreːw
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| 輎
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*sreːw
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| 旓
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*sreːw
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| 弰
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*sreːw
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| 鮹
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*sreːw, *sew
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| 綃
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*sreːw, *sew
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| 颵
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*sreːw
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| 莦
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*sreːw, *sew
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| 娋
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*sreːw, *sreːws
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| 稍
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*sreːws
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| 哨
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*sreːws, *sʰews, *sew
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| 揱
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*sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ
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| 潲
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*sreːws
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| 睄
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*sreːws
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| 悄
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*sʰewʔ
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| 俏
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*sʰews
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| 峭
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*sʰews
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| 陗
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*sʰews
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| 帩
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*sʰews
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| 誚
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*zews
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| 消
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*sew
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| 宵
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*sew
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| 霄
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*sew
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| 硝
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*sew
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| 銷
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*sew
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| 逍
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*sew
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| 魈
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*sew
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| 痟
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*slew
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| 焇
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*sew
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| 肖
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*slew, *slews
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| 韒
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*slewɢs
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| 趙
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*l'ewʔ
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| 箾
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*seːw, *sleːw
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| 踃
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*seːw
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| 削
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*slewɢ
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| 矟
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*sreːwɢ
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Originally Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰews) : semantic 阜 (“soil mountain”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews), later Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰews) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).
Etymology
Cognate with Burmese စောက် (cauk, “steep, depth”). Compare also with Burmese စက် (cak, “severe, chilly”).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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峭
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13733
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Phonetic
component
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肖
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Rime
group
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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陗
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰews/
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| Notes
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同陗
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Definitions
峭
- steep; precipitous; rugged
- 陡峭 ― dǒuqiào ― steep; precipitous
- 懸崖峭壁／悬崖峭壁 ― xuányáqiàobì ― sheer precipices and overhanging rocks; perilous cliffs and precipices
- (literary) stern; severe
- 峭直 ― qiàozhí ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- cold
- 料峭 ― liàoqiào ― chilly
- to make more strict
Synonyms
- 壁立 (bìlì) (chiefly of a mountain peak, cliff, etc.)
- 岢峨 (kě'é, “high and steep”) (literary, of a mountain)
- 岢峻 (kějùn, “high and steep”) (literary, of a mountain)
- 峻峭 (jùnqiào, “high and steep”) (of a mountain)
- 崒 (zú) (literary)
- 崎 (qí) (literary or Southern Min)
- 嶔崟 / 嵚崟 (qīnyín, “dangerously steep”) (literary)
- 嶜崟 (“dangerously steep”)
- 巀嶭 (“high, lofty and steep”) (of mountains)
- 巉岩 (chányán) (literary)
- 巉峻 (chánjùn) (literary)
- 巉巉 (chánchán) (literary)
- 筆陡 / 笔陡 (bǐdǒu)
- 陡 (dǒu)
- 陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
- 陡直 (dǒuzhí)
- 險峻 / 险峻 (xiǎnjùn, “dangerously steep”)
- 高峻 (gāojùn, “high and steep”) (of a mountain)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
峭
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
峭 (eum 초 (cho))
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Vietnamese
Han character
峭: Hán Nôm readings: tiếu, tiễu
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References