崔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 高く大きい。
  2. 高く急なさま。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「山」+声符「衰」からなる戦国楚文字の「衰」がして「隹」の字形になったもの。「高い」を意味する漢語{崔}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cliff, bluff, precipice

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガイ
  • サイ
  • スイ
Kun (native)
  • がけ
Other languages
  • 拼音cui1
  • 한글choe
  • Hán-ViệtThôi

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5D14

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱山隹

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-8
Four Corner
2221.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o8.6