# 摧

| 摧 | U+6467, &#25703; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6467 |
| ← 摦 [U+6466] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 摨 → [U+6468] |

## Translingual
### Han character

摧 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手山人土 (QUOG), four-corner 5201$_4$, composition ⿰扌崔)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 450, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12609
* Dae Jaweon: page 801, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1946, character 8
* Unihan data for U+6467

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 嗺 | *ʔslo, *ʔsluːl, *sluːl, *ʔslul, *ʔslulʔ |
| 催 | *sʰluːl |
| 璀 | *sʰluːlʔ |
| 皠 | *sʰluːlʔ |
| 漼 | *sʰluːlʔ |
| 鏙 | *sʰluːlʔ |
| 摧 | *zluːl |
| 崔 | *zluːl, *sʰluːl |
| 慛 | *zluːl |
| 槯 | *zluːl |
| 繀 | *sluːls |
| 膗 | *zruːl |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cuī (cui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^1$ / ceoi$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhui / chûi / chhôe / jôe
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cuī
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cuei
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻui$^1$
*** Yale: tswēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuei
*** Palladius: цуй (cuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^1$ / ceoi$^4$
*** Yale: chēui / chèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^1$ / tsoey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^1$ / cêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui
*** Tâi-lô: tshui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhuy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûi
*** Tâi-lô: tsuî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sui²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhôe
*** Tâi-lô: tshuê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhoee
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰue²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰue²³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jôe
*** Tâi-lô: juê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: joee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zue¹³/
* chhui - vernacular;
* chûi/chhôe/jôe - literary.
* Middle Chinese: dzwoj
Rime :
| Character | 摧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 昨回切 |
| Baxter | dzwoj |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zuʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zuoi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zuɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zwəj/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zuᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zuɒi/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱuɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cuí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zluːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 摧 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1882 |
| Phonetic component | 崔 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 摧 |
| Old Chinese | /*zluːl/ |

### Definitions

摧
* to break; to smash; to destroy

#### Compounds

* 勢如摧山／势如摧山
* 勢若摧枯／势若摧枯
* 地崩山摧
* 堅不可摧／坚不可摧 (jiānbùkěcuī)
* 天摧地塌 (tiāncuīdìtā)
* 崩摧 (bēngcuī)
* 悲摧 (bēicuī)
* 拉朽摧枯
* 摧剝／摧剥
* 摧剛為柔／摧刚为柔
* 摧堅／摧坚
* 摧堅殪敵／摧坚殪敌
* 摧堅獲醜／摧坚获丑
* 摧堅陷陣／摧坚陷阵
* 摧壞／摧坏
* 摧山攪海／摧山搅海
* 摧心剖肝
* 摧志屈道
* 摧折
* 摧挫
* 摧撓／摧挠
* 摧敗／摧败
* 摧枯折腐
* 摧枯拉朽 (cuīkū lāxiǔ)
* 摧殘／摧残 (cuīcán)
* 摧毀／摧毁 (cuīhuǐ)
* 摧燒／摧烧
* 摧眉
* 摧眉折腰
* 摧絕／摧绝
* 摧胸破肝
* 摧花斫柳
* 摧藏
* 摧蘭折玉／摧兰折玉
* 摧身碎首
* 摧辱
* 摧鋒陷陣／摧锋陷阵
* 摧陷
* 摧陷廓清
* 摧頹／摧颓
* 摧顏／摧颜
* 樹倒根摧／树倒根摧
* 無堅不摧／无坚不摧 (wújiānbùcuī)
* 玉石俱摧
* 蘭摧玉折／兰摧玉折
* 蘭摧蕙折／兰摧蕙折
* 辣手摧花

### References

* “摧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ざい (zai)、ぜ (ze)
* Kan-on: さい (sai)
* Kun: くだく (kudaku, 摧く)

## Korean
### Hanja

摧 (eum 최 (choe))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

摧: Hán Nôm readings: chuôi, tòi, tồi, choi, thuy, toi, thuôi
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#### References

* Nom Foundation