崔嵬
cuī​wéiCuī Wéi

towering

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)

嵬 wéi, wěi high

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

鬼
鬼 Sound component
guǐ ghost

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngwojN-qʰˤujhigh and rocky
ngwojXN-qʰˤujʔhigh and rocky
Zhengzhangŋɡuːl
ŋɡuːlʔ
Unicodenguəi

說文解字

高不平也。从山鬼聲。凡嵬之屬皆从嵬。

Sources

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