# 崔

| 崔 | U+5D14, &#23828; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D14 |
| ← 崓 [U+5D13] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 崕 → [U+5D15] |

## Translingual
### Han character

崔 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山人土 (UOG), four-corner 2221$_4$, composition ⿱山隹)
* high, lofty, towering
* a surname, #163 on the Baijiaxing

#### Derived characters

* 催, 凗, 嗺, 墔, 㜠, 𢕘, 慛, 摧, 漼, 獕, 𨻵, 槯, 𣩑, 熣, 𤗯, 𤛍, 璀, 膗, 皠, 磪, 𥼂, 繀(𮉮), 𦉎, 𪧾, 䜅, 𨄍, 鏙(𰾰), 𩌩, 𩏘, 𩞅, 𩪓
* 𡰋, 𣯧, 𧽠, 𣯯, 䳽, 𦸏, 𩮴, 𡻎, 巂, 𡾧, 𪛂, 𢊛, 𧢠, 𤮯, 𧮋

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 314, character 6
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8178
* Dae Jaweon: page 614, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 780, character 17
* Unihan data for U+5D14

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 蜼 | *lus, *rulʔ, *luls |
| 堆 | *tuːl |
| 嵟 | *tuːl |
| 碓 | *tuːls |
| 推 | *tʰuːl, *tʰjul |
| 蓷 | *tʰuːl, *tʰjul |
| 陮 | *duːlʔ |
| 魋 | *duːl |
| 嶊 | *stuːlʔ |
| 崔 | *zluːl, *sʰluːl |
| 猚 | *ŋreːl, *rulʔ |
| 椎 | *dul |
| 顀 | *dul |
| 隹 | *tjul |
| 錐 | *tjul |
| 萑 | *kljul |
| 騅 | *tjul |
| 鵻 | *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul |
| 誰 | *djul |
| 脽 | *djul |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *zluːl, *sʰluːl): semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 隹 (OC *tjul).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cuī (cui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceoi$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): tui$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhuî
    (Hailu, HRS): cui$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cui$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): chó
* Eastern Min (BUC): chuŏi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cue$^1$ / cui$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhui
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cui$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tshoe
* 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$^1$
*** Yale: chēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: tui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰui³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhuî
*** Hakka Romanization System: cui$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: cui$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰui⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuɪ⁴⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chó
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰo⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chuŏi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰui⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cue$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: choi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰuei⁵³³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cui$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chui
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰui⁵³³/
* cue1 - vernacular;
* cui1 - literary (incl. surname).
* Middle Chinese: tshwoj, dzwoj
Rime :
| Character | 崔 | 崔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 倉回切 | 昨回切 |
| Baxter | tshwoj | dzwoj |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰuʌi/ | /d͡zuʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰuoi/ | /d͡zuoi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰuɒi/ | /d͡zuɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰwəj/ | /d͡zwəj/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰuᴀi/ | /d͡zuᴀi/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰuɒi/ | /d͡zuɒi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰuɑ̆i/ | /d͡zʱuɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cuī | cuí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^1$ | ceoi$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ˤuj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zluːl/, /*sʰluːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 崔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | cuī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzwoj › |
| Old Chinese | /*[dz]ˁuj/ |
| English | high, rocky |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 崔 | 崔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1883 | 17713 |
| Phonetic component | 崔 | 隹 |
| Rime group | 微 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 摧 | 崔 |
| Old Chinese | /*zluːl/ | /*sʰluːl/ |

### Definitions

崔
* (literary) high; lofty
* a surname
    崔琦 ― Cuī Qí ― Daniel Chee Tsui (Chinese-born American physicist and Nobel laureate)

### Compounds

* 崔崔
* 崔嵬 (cuīwéi)
* 崔巍 (cuīwēi)
* 崔烈銅臭 / 崔烈铜臭
* 崔胡 (Cuīhú)
* 崔隤 / 崔𬯎
* 崔韜 / 崔韬
* 崔鶯鶯 / 崔莺莺
* 錯斬崔寧 / 错斩崔宁

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* cliff, bluff, precipice

#### Readings

* Go-on: さい (sai)
* Kan-on: さい (sai)
* Nanori: たかし (takashi)

## Korean
### Hanja

崔 • (choe) (hangeul 최, revised choe, McCune–Reischauer ch'oe, Yale choy)
* High
* A surname

## Vietnamese
### Han character

崔: Hán Nôm readings: thôi, thoi, thòi
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