摧

摧

摧 U+6467, 摧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6467 ← 摦 [U+6466] CJK Unified Ideographs 摨 → [U+6468]

Translingual

Han character

摧 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手山人土 (QUOG), four-corner 5201₄, composition ⿰扌崔)

References

• KangXi: page 450, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12609
• Dae Jaweon: page 801, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1946, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6467

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		摧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (崔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嗺	*ʔslo, *ʔsluːl, *sluːl, *ʔslul, *ʔslulʔ
催	*sʰluːl
璀	*sʰluːlʔ
皠	*sʰluːlʔ
漼	*sʰluːlʔ
鏙	*sʰluːlʔ
摧	*zluːl
崔	*zluːl, *sʰluːl
慛	*zluːl
槯	*zluːl
繀	*sluːls
膗	*zruːl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuī (cui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹, ceoi⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): chhui / chûi / chhôe / jôe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuei
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui¹
    • Yale: tswēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuei
    • Palladius: цуй (cuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰweɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹, ceoi⁴
    • Yale: chēui, chèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹, tsoey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹, cêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡ʃʰɵy̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui
    • Tâi-lô: tshui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûi
    • Tâi-lô: tsuî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sui²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhôe
    • Tâi-lô: tshuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoee
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰue²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰue²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jôe
    • Tâi-lô: juê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: joee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zue¹³/

Note:

• chhui - vernacular;
• chûi/chhôe/jôe - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡zuʌi/

Rime
Character	摧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	昨回切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwəj/
Li Rong	/d͡zuᴀi/
Wang Li	/d͡zuɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zluːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	摧
Reading #	1/1
No.	1882
Phonetic component	崔
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	摧
Old Chinese	/*zluːl/

Definitions

摧

1. to break; to smash; to destroy

Compounds

地崩山摧 天摧地塌 (tiāncuīdìtā) 崩摧 (bēngcuī) 悲摧 (bēicuī) 拉朽摧枯 摧心剖肝 摧志屈道 摧折 摧挫 摧枯折腐 摧枯拉朽 (cuīkū lāxiǔ) 摧眉 摧眉折腰 摧胸破肝 摧花斫柳 摧藏

摧身碎首 摧辱 摧陷 摧陷廓清 玉石俱摧 辣手摧花 勢如摧山／势如摧山 勢若摧枯／势若摧枯 堅不可摧／坚不可摧 (jiānbùkěcuī) 摧剛為柔／摧刚为柔 摧剝／摧剥 摧堅／摧坚 摧堅殪敵／摧坚殪敌 摧堅獲醜／摧坚获丑 摧堅陷陣／摧坚陷阵 摧壞／摧坏

摧山攪海／摧山搅海 摧撓／摧挠 摧敗／摧败 摧殘／摧残 (cuīcán) 摧毀／摧毁 (cuīhuǐ) 摧燒／摧烧 摧絕／摧绝 摧蘭折玉／摧兰折玉 摧鋒陷陣／摧锋陷阵 摧頹／摧颓 摧顏／摧颜 樹倒根摧／树倒根摧 無堅不摧／无坚不摧 (wújiānbùcuī) 蘭摧玉折／兰摧玉折 蘭摧蕙折／兰摧蕙折

References

• “摧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

摧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ざい (zai); ぜ (ze)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: くだく (kudaku, 摧く)

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Korean

Hanja

摧 (eum 최 (choe))

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Vietnamese

Han character

摧: Hán Nôm readings: chuôi, tòi, tồi, choi, thuy, toi, thuôi

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References

• Nom Foundation