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Contents
TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
最 (radical 13, 冂+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日尸十水 (ASJE), four-corner 60147, composition ⿱日取 (GJKV) or ⿱冃取 (HT))
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 503, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14301
- Dae Jaweon: page 877, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1516, character 8
- Unihan data for U+6700
ChineseEdit
| simp. and trad. |
最 | |
|---|---|---|
| variant forms | 冣 㝡 𥦡 𣤜 | |
Glyph originEdit
| Characters in the same phonetic series (取) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 陬 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo |
| 棷 | *ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru |
| 掫 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo |
| 緅 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos |
| 趣 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos |
| 取 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ |
| 鯫 | *zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo |
| 棸 | *rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru |
| 鄹 | *ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ |
| 郰 | *ʔsru |
| 齱 | *ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ |
| 菆 | *ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn |
| 箃 | *ʔsru |
| 黀 | *ʔsru |
| 驟 | *zrus |
| 最 | *zloːds |
| 襊 | *sʰoːds, *sʰoːd |
| 蕞 | *zoːds |
| 嘬 | *sʰroːds |
| 諏 | *ʔslo |
| 娵 | *ʔslo |
| 娶 | *sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo |
| 聚 | *zloʔ, *zlos |
| 埾 | *zlos |
| 藂 | *zloːŋ |
| 叢 | *zloːŋ |
| 繓 | *ʔsoːd |
| 撮 | *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zloːds): semantic 冃 + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
最
SynonymsEdit
| Dialectal synonyms of 最 (“most”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 最 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 最、頂 |
| Taiwan | 最 | |
| Jinan | 最、頂 | |
| Xi'an | 最 | |
| Wuhan | 頂 | |
| Chengdu | 最、第一 | |
| Yangzhou | 頂、最 | |
| Hefei | 頂、最 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 最、至 |
| Hong Kong | 最、至 | |
| Hong Kong (Weitou) | 最 | |
| Taishan | 最、至 | |
| Yangjiang | 至 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 頂 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 最、第一 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 盡、最 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 最、盡 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 最 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 盡、最 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 最 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 頭 | |
| Hong Kong | 最 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 頂 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 頂、最、第一 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 第一、最 |
| Matsu | 第一 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 第一、一、上 |
| Quanzhou | 第一、上 | |
| Zhangzhou | 第一、上 | |
| Taipei | 上 | |
| Kaohsiung | 上 | |
| Tainan | 上 | |
| Taichung | 上 | |
| Hsinchu | 上 | |
| Lukang | 上 | |
| Yilan | 上 | |
| Kinmen | 上 | |
| Chaozhou | 上頂、上 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 最、最最、頂 |
| Suzhou | 頂、最 | |
| Wenzhou | 頂、最 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 頂、最 |
| Shuangfeng | 頂、最 | |
CompoundsEdit
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
最
ReadingsEdit
- Goon: さい (sai, Jōyō)
- Kan’on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
- Kun: もっとも (mottomo, 最も, Jōyō); つまむ (tsumamu, 最む)
- Nanori: もり (mori)
CompoundsEdit
Compounds of 最
Common
- 最も (mottomo)
- 最愛 (saiai) beloved
- 最悪 (saiaku) the worst
- 最下 (saika) the lowest
- 最強 (saikyō) the strongest
- 最近 (saikin) recently
- 最古 (saiko) the oldest
- 最高 (saikō) highest; supreme
- 最後 (saigo) last
- 最期 (saigo) one's last moment
- 最終 (saishū) last; final; closing
- 最初 (saisho) first; beginning
- 最小 (saishō) the smallest
- 最新 (saishin) latest; newest
- 最上 (saijō) best
- 最善 (saizen) the very best
- 最多 (saita) the most
Common (continued)
- 最短 (saitan) the shortest
- 最大 (saidai) the greatest
- 最中 (saichū) midst
- 最長 (saichō)
- 最低 (saitei)
- 最適 (saiteki)
- 最良 (sairyō)
- 最早 (mohaya)
- 最寄り (moyori)
- 最恵国 (saikeikoku) MFN
- 最盛期 (saiseiki) golden age
- 最先端 (saisentan) cutting-edge
- 最優遇 (saiyūgū)
Uncommon
Names derived from 最
Etymology 1Edit
Proper nounEdit
最 (hiragana かなめ, rōmaji Kaname)
- A male given name [2]
Etymology 2Edit
Proper nounEdit
- A female given name
PrefixEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 女の子の名前辞書 - Name Catalogue (Girls only), Retrieved 6 May 2013
- ^ 赤ちゃんの名前 好感度調査 - Baby Name Catalogue, Retrieved 6 May 2013
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
最 • (choe) (hangeul 최, revised choe, McCune–Reischauer ch'oe, Yale choy)
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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