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Translingual
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Han character
最 (radical 13, 冂+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日尸十水 (ASJE), four-corner 60147, composition ⿱日取 (GJKV) or ⿱⺜取 (HT))
References
- 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
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
最 | |
|---|---|---|
| variant forms | 冣 㝡 𥦡 𣤜 | |
Glyph origin
| 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).
Pronunciation
Definitions
最
Synonyms
| 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 (San Tin 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 | |
| Hsinchu (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 | |
Compounds
Japanese
Readings
Compounds
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
References
- 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
Korean
Hanja
最 • (choe) (hangeul 최, revised choe, McCune–Reischauer ch'oe, Yale choy)
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Vietnamese
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