崔健
Cuī Jiàn

Cui Jian

崔 cuī high

A bird 隹 faced with a mountain 山

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
隹
隹 Meaning component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

催摧璀漼巂

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

漼

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzwoj[dz]ˤujhigh, rocky
Zhengzhangzluːl
sʰluːl
Unicodetsuəi

說文解字

大高也。从山隹聲。

Sources

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

健 jiàn healthy

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 建 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

建
建 Sound component
jiàn build

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡans
Unicodeghiæ̀n

說文解字

伉也。从人建聲。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)