嵩
sōngSōng

high

A tall 高 mountain 山

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
高
高 Meaning component
gāo high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjuwng[s]uŋhigh
Zhengzhangsuŋ
Unicodesiung

說文解字

中岳，嵩高山也。从山从高，亦从松。韋昭《國語》注云：“古通用崇字。”

Sources

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