xiù

mountain peak

Components

Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

Sound component
yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangljɯwɢs
Unicodeziòu

說文解字

山穴也。从山由聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica