峻峭
jùn​qiào

steep

峻 jùn high

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
夋
夋 Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsluns
Unicodesuìn

Sources

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

峭 qiào steep

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 陗.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰews

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang