最

Stroke order

最 (Kangxi radical 73, 曰+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日尸十水 (ASJE), four-corner 6014₇, composition ⿱⺜取 (CJKVHT))

• 嘬, 撮, 樶, 㵊, 熶, 穝, 繓(𦈛), 襊, 䴝(𱊼), 蕞
• 𡡔, 𢄸, 𢢇, 𣋁, 𣩡, 𤩛, 𥊴, 𥕸, 𬓙, 𥪳, 𦦣, 𨅎, 𨣅, 𨼥, 𪒙, 𪙦, 𣠏, 𪱕, 𪧨, 𥳣, 𩯉, 𭕁, 𭞮

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 503, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14301
• Dae Jaweon: page 877, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1516, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6700

• Unihan data for U+2F8D4

Historical forms of the character 最
Shang	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Qin slip script	Small seal script

Originally 㝡, phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zloːds) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ) – "to gather". Later 二 was added as distinguishing marks to disambiguate the character for the meaning "the most". The top components have corrupted into 冃 in the traditional form. These components were further corrupted into 曰 in the simplified version.

最

1. most; -est

   最佳  ―  zuìjiā  ―  optimal

2. the most ... thing; the best

   世界之最  ―  shìjiè zhī zuì  ―  world records

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. makes superlatives, most, -est

• Go-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
• Kun: もっとも (mottomo, 最も, Jōyō)、つまむ (tsumamu, 最む)、いと (ito, 最)
• Nanori: もり (mori)

最(かなめ) • (Kaname) 

1. a male given name^[2]

最(さい) • (Sai) 

1. a female given name

最(さい) • (sai-) 

1. most, greatest

最 (eumhun 가장 최 (gajang choe))

1. hanja form^? of 최 (“most”)

• 최고 (最高, choego, “the best”)

最: Hán Nôm readings: tối, tíu, tụi, tếu

1. chữ Hán form of tối (“the most; -est”).