峭
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Translingual
Han character
峭 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山火月 (UFB), four-corner 29727, composition ⿰山肖)
Derived characters
References
- 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
Glyph origin
| 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
Cognate with Burmese စောက် (cauk, “steep, depth”). Compare also with Burmese စက် (cak, “severe, chilly”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu3
- Eastern Min (BUC): chiēu
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiàu
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciào
- Wade–Giles: chʻiao4
- Yale: chyàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw
- Palladius: цяо (cjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ciu3
- Yale: chiu
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu3
- Guangdong Romanization: qiu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chiēu
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰieu³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Middle Chinese: tshjewH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sʰews/
Definitions
峭
- steep; precipitous; rugged
- (literary) stern; severe
- 峭直 ― qiàozhí ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- cold
- 料峭 ― liàoqiào ― chilly
- to make more strict
Synonyms
- (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
Japanese
Kanji
峭
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
峭 (eum 초 (cho))
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Vietnamese
Han character
峭: Hán Nôm readings: tiếu, tiễu
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References
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