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峭

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峭 U+5CED, 峭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5CED
← 峬
[U+5CEC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 峮 →
[U+5CEE]

Translingual

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Han character

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峭 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山火月 (UFB), four-corner 29727, composition ⿰山肖)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 311, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8085
  • Dae Jaweon: page 611, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 773, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5CED

Chinese

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trad. 峭
simp. # 峭
alternative forms 陗

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (肖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
梢 *sreːw
捎 *sreːw, *sew
筲 *sreːw
鞘 *sreːw, *slewɢs
艄 *sreːw
蛸 *sreːw, *sew
髾 *sreːw
輎 *sreːw
旓 *sreːw
弰 *sreːw
鮹 *sreːw, *sew
綃 *sreːw, *sew
颵 *sreːw
莦 *sreːw, *sew
娋 *sreːw, *sreːws
稍 *sreːws
哨 *sreːws, *sʰews, *sew
揱 *sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ
潲 *sreːws
睄 *sreːws
悄 *sʰewʔ
俏 *sʰews
峭 *sʰews
陗 *sʰews
帩 *sʰews
誚 *zews
消 *sew
宵 *sew
霄 *sew
硝 *sew
銷 *sew
逍 *sew
魈 *sew
痟 *slew
焇 *sew
肖 *slew, *slews
韒 *slewɢs
趙 *l'ewʔ
箾 *seːw, *sleːw
踃 *seːw
削 *slewɢ
矟 *sreːwɢ

Originally Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰews) : semantic 阜 (“soil mountain”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews), later Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰews) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

Etymology

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Cognate with Burmese စောက် (cauk, “‌steep, depth”). Compare also with Burmese စက် (cak, “severe, chilly”).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 峭
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 七肖切
Baxter tshjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰiᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰiɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰjæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰiawH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰiɛuH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭɛuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ciu3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 峭
Reading # 1/1
No. 13733
Phonetic
component 		肖
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		陗
Old
Chinese 		/*sʰews/
Notes 同陗

Definitions

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峭

  1. steep; precipitous; rugged
    陡峭  ―  dǒuqiào  ―  steep; precipitous
    懸崖峭壁／悬崖峭壁  ―  xuányáqiàobì  ―  sheer precipices and overhanging rocks; perilous cliffs and precipices
  2. (literary) stern; severe
    峭直  ―  qiàozhí  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. cold
    料峭  ―  liàoqiào  ―  chilly
  4. to make more strict

Synonyms

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  • (steep):
  • 壁立 (bìlì) (chiefly of a mountain peak, cliff, etc.)
  • 岢峨 (kě'é, “high and steep”) (literary, of a mountain)
  • 岢峻 (kějùn, “high and steep”) (literary, of a mountain)
  • 峻峭 (jùnqiào, “high and steep”) (of a mountain)
  • 崒 (zú) (literary)
  • 崎 (qí) (literary or Southern Min)
  • 嶔崟／嵚崟 (qīnyín, “dangerously steep”) (literary)
  • 嶜崟 (“dangerously steep”)
  • 巀嶭 (“high, lofty and steep”) (of mountains)
  • 巉岩 (chányán) (literary)
  • 巉峻 (chánjùn) (literary)
  • 巉巉 (chánchán) (literary)
  • 筆陡／笔陡 (bǐdǒu)
  • 陡 (dǒu)
  • 陡峭 (dǒuqiào)
  • 陡直 (dǒuzhí)
  • 險峻／险峻 (xiǎnjùn, “dangerously steep”)
  • 高峻 (gāojùn, “high and steep”) (of a mountain)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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峭

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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Korean

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Hanja

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峭 (eum 초 (cho))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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峭: Hán Nôm readings: tiếu, tiễu

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References

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