Chinese Character Wiki

崇

chóng

esteem

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

Components
山 meaning component

山  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

宗 sound component

宗  Sound component

zōng

  

ancestor, sect

Evolution

崇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
崇 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
崇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

崇  

chóng

esteem, honor, revere, venerate; high; sublime; lofty; to esteem; to worship

崇  

Chóng

surname Chong

Most common words with 崇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

崇拜

to worship

崇高

majestic

崇尚

to revere

推崇

to esteem

崇拜者

worshipper

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz]<r>uŋ

dzrjuwng

chóng

exalt, honor


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 11.7251% of movies

1927th most common character in movies

1482nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5D07

Shuowen

“崇，嵬高也。从山，宗聲。”


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