cuǐ

lustre of gems

Components

Meaning component
wáng king

jade

Sound component
cuī high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰluːlʔ

說文解字

璀璨,玉光也。从玉崔聲。

Sources

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