崇

See also: 祟 and 嵩

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

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 漴 㓽 𠼾 𢠄 𣙩 𤨲 𥊠 𥛢 𥡶 𧐿 𫌌 𨅃 𫓁 𩞉(𬳐) 𩻃 𧽧 𨝡 𪅁 𪉻 𩅃

References

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

Chinese

trad.		崇
simp. #		崇
alternative forms		崈 𡸶

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 / 形声, OC *zruŋ) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 宗 (OC *ʔsuːŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóng (chong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sung⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): suung³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhùng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cung²

• Eastern Min (BUC): cùng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chông / chiông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cong⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²
    • Yale: chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorng
    • Palladius: чун (čun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sung⁴
    • Yale: sùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: suung³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: cung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cung²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cung²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰʊŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (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 (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ¹³/

Note:

• chông - literary;
• chiông - vernacular (used in 崇武 (Chóngwǔ), a placename).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: cong⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshông
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zon
    • MiniDict: zon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoŋ²³/

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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 (Hokkien)	/t͡sɔŋ³⁵/ /t͡siɔŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡suŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sɔŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/sɔŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrjuwng

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
Baxter	dzrjuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʒɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖ͡ʐiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʒiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖ͡ʐuwŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ʒiuŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡ʒĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung4

• 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. high; lofty; majestic; sublime

   崇山峻嶺／崇山峻岭  ―  chóngshānjùnlǐng  ―  high mountains and lofty peaks

2. to esteem; to revere; to exalt; to worship

   尊崇  ―  zūnchóng  ―  to worship; to revere

   • 溫故而知新，敦厚以崇禮。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     温故而知新，敦厚以崇礼。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Wēngù ér zhī xīn, dūnhòu yǐ chónglǐ. [Pinyin]

     He cherishes his old knowledge, and is continually acquiring new. He exerts an honest, generous earnestness, in the esteem and practice of all propriety.

3. ^† to fill up
4. ^† to accumulate; to grow
5. Short for 崇明島／崇明岛 (Chóngmíngdǎo).
6. a surname

Compounds

• 尊崇 (zūnchóng)
• 峻嶺崇山 / 峻岭崇山
• 崇仁 (Chóngrén)
• 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 (Chóng'ān)
• 崇寧 / 崇宁
• 崇尚 (chóngshàng)
• 崇山
• 崇山峻嶺 / 崇山峻岭 (chóngshānjùnlǐng)
• 崇崖
• 崇崇
• 崇川
• 崇州 (Chóngzhōu)
• 崇左 (Chóngzuǒ)
• 崇德 (Chóngdé)
• 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)
• 崇有論 / 崇有论
• 崇朝
• 崇本抑末
• 崇正黜邪
• 崇洋 (chóngyáng)
• 崇祀
• 崇禎 / 崇祯 (Chóngzhēn)
• 崇禮 / 崇礼 (Chónglǐ)
• 崇節尚儉 / 崇节尚俭
• 崇義 / 崇义 (Chóngyì)
• 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 (tuīchóngbèizhì)
• 欽崇 / 钦崇 (qīnchóng)
• 登崇
• 鄭崇履聲 / 郑崇履声
• 隆崇

Japanese

Kanji

崇

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to adore, to worship, to revere
2. lofty

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(たかし) • (Takashi) 

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

崇: Hán Nôm readings: sùng, sồng, sung, xùng

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