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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
最 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日尸十水 (ASJE), four-corner 60147, composition ⿱⺜取 (CJKVHT))
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: 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
ChineseEdit
| trad. | 最 | |
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| simp. # | 最 | |
| alternative forms | 冣 㝡 𥦡 𣤜 | |
Glyph originEdit
| Historical forms of the character 最 | ||
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| Shang | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Qin slip script | Small seal script |
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| 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]
CompoundsEdit
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
最
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: 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”)
- 最短 (saitan, “the shortest”)
- 最大 (saidai, “the greatest”)
- 最中 (saichū, “middlemost”)
- 最長 (saichō)
- 最低 (saitei)
- 最適 (saiteki)
- 最良 (sairyō)
- 最早 (mohaya)
- 最寄り (moyori)
- 最恵国 (saikeikoku, “most favored nation”)
- 最盛期 (saiseiki, “golden age”)
- 最先端 (saisentan, “cutting-edge”)
- 最優遇 (saiyūgū)
- Uncommon
Etymology 1Edit
Proper nounEdit
- 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
CompoundsEdit
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
最: Hán Nôm readings: tối, tíu, tụi, tếu
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