冣
zuìjù HSK1

old variant of 最[zuì]

Phonosemantic compound. 冖 represents the meaning and 取 represents the sound.

Components

冖
冖 Meaning component
mì cover

冖 is a component form of 宀.

取
取 Sound component
qǔ take

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

積也。从冂从取,取亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica