峥
zhēng

high

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

争
争 Sound component
zhēng strife, quarrel

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

崢 high Traditional

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

爭
爭 Sound component
zhēng strife, quarrel

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzrɛng[dz]ˤreŋ崢嶸 high, precipitous
Zhengzhangzraːŋ
zreːŋ
Unicodejrhɛng
jrhæng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica