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
 

Han character

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

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 traditional form. These components were further corrupted into in the simplified version.

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/
Bernhard
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
nanori

Pronunciation

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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
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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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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