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U+6700, 最
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6700

[U+66FF]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6701]
最 U+2F8D4, 最
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8D4
冕
[U+2F8D3]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 暜
[U+2F8D5]

Translingual

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Stroke order
12 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 73, +8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日尸十水 (ASJE), four-corner 60147, composition (CJKVHT))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 503, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14301
  • Dae Jaweon: page 877, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1516, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6700

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

𥦡
𣤜

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Qin slip script Small seal script

Originally , phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *zloːds) : semantic (roof) + phonetic (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ) – "to gather". Later was added as distinguishing marks to disambiguate the character for the meaning "the most". The top components have corrupted into in the modern form.

Pronunciation

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡suei⁵¹/
Harbin /t͡suei⁵³/
Tianjin /t͡suei⁵³/
Jinan /t͡suei²¹/
Qingdao /t͡sue²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡suei³¹²/
Xi'an /t͡suei⁴⁴/
Xining /t͡suɨ²¹³/
Yinchuan /t͡suei¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡suei¹³/
Ürümqi /t͡suei²¹³/
Wuhan /t͡sei³⁵/
Chengdu /t͡suei¹³/
Guiyang /t͡suei²¹³/
Kunming /t͡suei²¹²/
Nanjing /t͡suəi⁴⁴/
Hefei /t͡se⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡suei⁴⁵/
Pingyao /t͡suei³⁵/
Hohhot /t͡suei⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /t͡sø³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡se̞⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /t͡sz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /t͡sai⁴²/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕye³²⁴/
Tunxi /t͡sə⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sei⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /t͡səi⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sui⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sui⁵³/
Taoyuan /t͡sui⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡søy³³/
Nanning /t͡sui³³/
Hong Kong /t͡søy³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /t͡sue²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sɔy²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡suɛ⁴²/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sue²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /t͡sui³⁵/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (13)
Final () (26)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter tswajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡suɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʷɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡suɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡swajH/
Li
Rong
/t͡suɑiH/
Wang
Li
/t͡suɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡suɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zuì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zeoi3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zuì
Middle
Chinese
‹ tswajH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ts]ˁot-s/
English collect; most

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10645
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*zloːds/

Definitions

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  1. most; -est
      ―  zuìjiā  ―  optimal
  2. the most ... thing; the best
    世界  ―  shìjiè zhī zuì  ―  world records

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. makes superlatives, most, -est

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
かなめ
Grade: 4

Proper noun

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(かなめ) (Kaname

  1. a male given name[2]

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 4

Proper noun

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(さい) (Sai

  1. a female given name

Prefix

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(さい) (sai-

  1. most, greatest

References

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  1. ^ 女の子の名前辞書 - Name Catalogue (Girls only), Retrieved 6 May 2013
  2. ^ 赤ちゃんの名前 好感度調査 - Baby Name Catalogue, Retrieved 6 May 2013

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 가장 (gajang choe))

  1. hanja form? of (most)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: tối, tíu, tụi, tếu

  1. chữ Hán form of tối (the most; -est).

Compounds

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