Character: 崔
Modern (Beijing) reading: cuí
Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)ūj
Classic Old Chinese: ʒ(h)wǝ̄j
Western Han Chinese: ʒ(h)wǝ̄j
Eastern Han Chinese: ʒ(h)wǝ̄j
Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)wǝ̄j
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)wǝ̄j
Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒ(h)wǝ̄j
Middle Chinese: ʒoj
English meaning : be craggy, rocky
Russian meaning[s]: 1) высокая гора; обрывистый; 2) упустить время (удобный случай); [cuī] Цуй (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 大高也.從山.隹聲.
Comments: Used either in a reduplication 崔崔 *ʒ(h)ūj-ʒ(h)ūj 'be craggy, craggily high' or within a synonymous binome 崔嵬 *ʒ(h)ūj-ŋ(h)ūj id. 1st tone in Pek. is irregular (a "learned" fanqie pronunciation).
Radical: 46
Four-angle index: 914
Karlgren code: 0575 |d ́
Shijing occurrences: 3.2
