jué HSK7

towering

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shān mountain
Sound component
qū, qu bend

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡlud
ŋɡlud

說文解字

山短高也。从山屈聲。

Sources

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