崛
jué HSK7

towering

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

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
屈
屈 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