催

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Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 崔.

Han character[edit]

催 (radical 9 人+11, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人山人土 (OUOG), four-corner 22214, composition ⿰亻崔)

  1. press, urge

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 114, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1005
  • Dae Jaweon: page 242, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 211, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+50AC

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

催 (Jyutping ceoi1, Yale cheui1)

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
催

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

催 (choe) (hangeul 최, revised choe, McCune-Reischauer ch'oe)

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Mandarin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

催 (Pinyin cuī (cui1), Wade-Giles ts'ui1)

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  1. to urge; to push someone to do something

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

催 (thôi, thòi, thui)

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