cuī

high

A bird  faced with a mountain 

Components
山 meaning component

  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

隹 meaning component

  Meaning component

zhuī

  

bird

Evolution

崔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
崔 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
崔 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
崔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
崔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cuī

high, lofty, towering; surname; high mountain; precipitous

 

Cuī

surname Cui

Most common words with 崔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

high mountain

崔永元

Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter

崔健

Cui Jian (1961-), father of Chinese rock music

崔琦

Daniel C. Tsui (1939-), Chinese-born American physicist, winner of 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics

崔巍

tall

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)