崇
chóngChóng HSK6

esteem

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 宗 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
宗
宗 Sound component
zōng, zong ancestor, sect

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzrjuwng[dz]<r>uŋexalt, honor
Zhengzhangzruŋ
Unicodejhriung

說文解字

嵬高也。从山宗聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)