崇

崇

See also: 祟

崇 U+5D07, 崇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5D07 ← 崆 [U+5D06] CJK Unified Ideographs 崈 → [U+5D08]

Translingual

Han character

崇 (radical 46, 山+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 山十一火 (UJMF), four-corner 2290₁, composition ⿱山宗)

References

• KangXi: page 313, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8152
• Dae Jaweon: page 613, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 782, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5D07

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		崇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (宗) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
淙	*zuːŋ, *sruːŋs, *zuːŋ
鬃	*zuːŋ, *ʔsoːŋ, *zuːŋ
漴	*zruːŋs
粽	*ʔsoːŋs
宗	*ʔsuːŋ
倧	*ʔsuːŋ
綜	*ʔsuːŋs
錝	*ʔsuːŋs
賨	*zuːŋ
琮	*zuːŋ
悰	*zuːŋ
孮	*zuːŋ
誴	*zuːŋ
崇	*zruŋ
崈	*zruŋ
踪	*ʔsoŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zruŋ) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 宗 (OC *ʔsuːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóng (chong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sung⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chông / chiông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cong⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ung²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sung⁴
    • Yale: sùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chông
    • Tâi-lô: tsông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông
    • Tâi-lô: tsiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ²⁴/

Note:

• chông - literary;
• chiông - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cong⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshông
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 崇
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²¹³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰuŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/p͡fʰəŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fʰə̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰoŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰoŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰoŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡sʰoŋ³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰoŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/zoŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/zoŋ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zoŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/zoŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡sʰan⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡soŋ¹³/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/soŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰuŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/soŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sɔŋ³⁵/ /t͡siɔŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡suŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/sɔŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ʒɨuŋ/▼

Rime
Character	崇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	鋤弓切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐuwŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒiuŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]<r>uŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zruŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	崇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chóng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzrjuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]<r>uŋ/
English	exalt, honor
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	崇
Reading #	1/1
No.	17903
Phonetic component	宗
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	崇
Old Chinese	/*zruŋ/

Definitions

崇

1. majestic
2. to hold up; to esteem
3. to revere; to venerate
4. to honor
5. adoration; to adore
6. high; lofty; sublime
7. to worship
8. Short for 崇明島／崇明岛 (Chóngmíngdǎo).
9. Short for 崇信 (chóngxìn).
10. A surname​.

Compounds

動物崇拜／动物崇拜 (dòngwù chóngbài) 尊崇 (zūnchóng) 峻嶺崇山／峻岭崇山 崇仁 崇信 (chóngxìn) 崇儒 崇化厲俗／崇化厉俗 崇墉 崇外 崇奉 (chóngfèng) 崇她社 崇安 崇寧／崇宁 崇尚 (chóngshàng) 崇山 崇山峻嶺／崇山峻岭 (chóngshānjùnlǐng) 崇崖 崇川 崇州 (Chóngzhōu)

崇左 (Chóngzuǒ) 崇德 崇德報功／崇德报功 崇拜 (chóngbài) 崇敬 (chóngjìng) 崇文總目／崇文总目 崇文門／崇文门 崇文館／崇文馆 崇明 (Chóngmíng) 崇明島／崇明岛 (Chóngmíngdǎo) 崇有論／崇有论 崇朝 崇本抑末 崇正黜邪 崇洋 (chóngyáng) 崇洋媚外 (chóngyángmèiwài) 崇祀 崇禎／崇祯 崇禮／崇礼

崇節尚儉／崇节尚俭 崇義／崇义 崇論宏議／崇论宏议 崇論閎議／崇论闳议 崇鑒／崇鉴 崇閎／崇闳 崇阿 崇陽／崇阳 (Chóngyáng) 崇飲／崇饮 崇高 (chónggāo) 庶物崇拜 廣崇／广崇 惠崇 戒奢崇儉／戒奢崇俭 推崇 (tuīchóng) 推崇備至／推崇备至 登崇 鄭崇履聲／郑崇履声 隆崇

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Japanese

Kanji

崇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. adore

Readings

• Go-on: ずう (zū)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū); そう (sō)
• Kan’yō-on: すう (sū, Jōyō); す (su)
• Kun: たかい (takai, 崇い); あがめる (agameru, 崇める); たっとぶ (tattobu, 崇ぶ)

Proper noun

崇 (hiragana たかし, rōmaji Takashi)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

崇 • (sung) (hangeul 숭, revised sung, McCune–Reischauer sung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

崇 (sùng, sồng, sung, xùng)

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