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最	U+6700, 最 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6700

最	U+2F8D4, 最 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8D4

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Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

最 (radical 72, 日+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日尸十水 (ASJE), four-corner 6014₇, composition ⿱⺜取 (CJKVHT))

Derived characters[edit]

𨅎, 𨣅, 㵊, 𩯉, 𦦣, 穝, 撮, 𣋁, 𣩡, 嘬, 樶, 𪧨, 熶, 襊, 繓(𦈛), 蕞, 𥳣, 𡡔, 𢄸, 𢢇, 𨼥, 𥊴, 𥕸, 𥪳, 𣠏, 䴝, 𪒙, 𪙦

References[edit]

KangXi: page 503, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14301
Dae Jaweon: page 877, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1516, character 8
Unihan data for U+6700

Chinese[edit]

trad.		最
simp. ^#		最
alternative forms		冣㝡𥦡𣤜

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 最
Shang	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Qin slip script	Small seal script

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[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): zuì (zui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ

(Chengdu, SP): zui⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi³
Gan (Wiktionary): zui⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chui

(Meixian, Guangdong): zui⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): zui³
Min Bei (KCR): cuòi
Min Dong (BUC): có̤i
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chòe

(Teochew, Peng'im): zuê³
Wu (Wiktionary): tsoe (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): zei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ
  - Wade–Giles: tsui⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuey
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuèi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sweɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: zui⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suei²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeoi³
  - Yale: jeui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃɵy̯³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: zui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chui
  - Hakka Romanization System: zui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su̯i⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡suɪ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zui³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡suei⁴⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cuòi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suɛ⁴²/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: có̤i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔy²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sue²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zuê³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sue²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tsoe (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sø³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡se̞i⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 最
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡suei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡suei⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡suei⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡suei²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡sue²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡suei³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡suei⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡suɨ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡suei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡suei¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡suei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡sei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡suei¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡suei²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡suei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡suəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡se⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡suei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡suei³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡suei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡se³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡se̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sai⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕye³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sei⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡səi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sui⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sui⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡sui⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡søy³³/
	Nanning	/t͡sui³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡søy³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sue²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sɔy²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡suɛ⁴²/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡sue²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡sui³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /t͡suɑi^H/

Rime
Character	最
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	泰 (26)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	祖外切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʷɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡suɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡swaj^H/
Li Rong	/t͡suɑi^H/
Wang Li	/t͡suɑi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤot-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*zloːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	最
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zuì
Middle Chinese	‹ tswaj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁot-s/
English	collect; most
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	最
Reading #	1/1
No.	10645
Phonetic component	取
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	最
Old Chinese	/*zloːds/

Definitions[edit]

最

most; -est
最佳 ― zuìjiā ― optimal
the most ... thing; the best
世界之最 ― shìjiè zhī zuì ― world records

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 最 (“most”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		最, 至
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		最
Mandarin	Beijing	最, 頂
	Taiwan	最
	Jinan	最, 頂
	Xi'an	最
	Wuhan	頂
	Chengdu	最, 第一
	Guilin	最
	Yangzhou	頂, 最
	Hefei	頂, 最
	Malaysia	最
	Singapore	最
Cantonese	Guangzhou	最, 至
	Hong Kong	最, 至
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	最
	Taishan	最, 至
	Yangjiang	至
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	最
	Singapore (Guangfu)	最
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
Min Dong	Matsu	第一
Min Nan	Xiamen	第一, 第, 一, 上
	Quanzhou	第一, 第, 上
	Jinjiang	上
	Zhangzhou	第一, 上
	Zhao'an	上
	Dongshan	上
	Taipei	上
	Kaohsiung	上
	Yilan	上
	Changhua (Lukang)	上
	Taichung	上
	Tainan	上
	Hsinchu	上
	Kinmen	上
	Penang (Hokkien)	第一
	Singapore (Hokkien)	上
	Manila (Hokkien)	第, 上
	Chaozhou	上頂, 上
	Shantou	上, 最
	Chaoyang	一
	Singapore (Teochew)	上
	Wenchang	最
	Qionghai	最
Wu	Shanghai	最, 最最, 頂
	Suzhou	頂, 最
	Wenzhou	頂, 最
Xiang	Changsha	頂, 最
Xiang	Shuangfeng	頂, 最

Compounds[edit]

最上
最低工資／最低工资 (zuìdī gōngzī)
最佳 (zuìjiā)
最佳拍檔／最佳拍档
最先 (zuìxiān)
最初 (zuìchū)
最大公約數／最大公约数 (zuìdà gōngyuēshù)
最好 (zuìhǎo)

最小公倍數／最小公倍数 (zuìxiǎo gōngbèishù)
最少 (zuìshǎo)
最後／最后 (zuìhòu)
最後通牒／最后通牒 (zuìhòutōngdié)
最惠國待遇／最惠国待遇
最拿手
最敬禮／最敬礼
最為／最为 (zuìwéi)

最簡分數／最简分数 (zuìjiǎn fēnshù)
最終／最终 (zuìzhōng)
最近 (zuìjìn)
最速件
最適化／最适化
最高法院 (zuìgāo fǎyuàn)
最高當局／最高当局
為善最樂／为善最乐

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

最

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Go-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
Kan-on: さい (sai, Jōyō)
Kun: もっとも (mottomo, 最も, Jōyō); つまむ (tsumamu, 最む)
Nanori: もり (mori)

Compounds[edit]

Compounds of 最

Common

最(もっと)も (mottomo)
最(さい)愛(あい) (saiai, “beloved”)
最(さい)悪(あく) (saiaku, “the worst”)
最(さい)下(か) (saika, “the lowest”)
最(さい)強(きょう) (saikyō, “the strongest”)
最(さい)近(きん) (saikin, “recently”)
最(さい)古(こ) (saiko, “the oldest”)
最(さい)高(こう) (saikō, “highest; supreme”)
最(さい)後(ご) (saigo, “last”)
最(さい)期(ご) (saigo, “one's last moment”)
最(さい)終(しゅう) (saishū, “last; final; closing”)
最(さい)初(しょ) (saisho, “first; beginning”)
最(さい)小(しょう) (saishō, “the smallest”)
最(さい)新(しん) (saishin, “latest; newest”)
最(さい)上(じょう) (saijō, “best”)
最(さい)善(ぜん) (saizen, “the very best”)
最(さい)多(た) (saita, “the most”)

最(さい)短(たん) (saitan, “the shortest”)
最(さい)大(だい) (saidai, “the greatest”)
最(さい)中(ちゅう) (saichū, “middlemost”)
最(さい)長(ちょう) (saichō)
最(さい)低(てい) (saitei)
最(さい)適(てき) (saiteki)
最(さい)良(りょう) (sairyō)
最(も)早(はや) (mohaya)
最(も)寄(よ)り (moyori)
最(さい)恵(けい)国(こく) (saikeikoku, “most favored nation”)
最(さい)盛(せい)期(き) (saiseiki, “golden age”)
最(さい)先(せん)端(たん) (saisentan, “cutting-edge”)
最(さい)優(ゆう)遇(ぐう) (saiyūgū)

Uncommon

Names derived from 最

Family names

最里(もり) (Mori)

Female given names^[1]

最(さ)中(なか) (Sanaka)
最莉(さり) (Sari)
最愛(まな) (Mana), 最愛(もあ) (Moa), 最(も)愛(あい) (Moai)
最燃(もえ) (Moe)
最可(もか) (Moka)
最奈(もな) (Mona)
最汝(もな) (Mona)

最都子(もとこ) (Motoko)
都最実(ともみ) (Tomomi)

Etymology 1[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

最(かなめ) • (Kaname)

A male given name ^[2]

Etymology 2[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

最(さい) • (Sai)

A female given name

Prefix[edit]

最(さい) • (sai-)

most, greatest

References[edit]

^ 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[edit]

Hanja[edit]

最 (eumhun 가장 최 (gajang choe))

Hanja form^? of 최 (“most”).

Compounds[edit]

최고 (最高, choego, “the best”)

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

最: Hán Nôm readings: tối, tíu, tụi, tếu

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[1] 女の子の名前辞書 - Name Catalogue (Girls only), Retrieved 6 May 2013

[2] 赤ちゃんの名前好感度調査 - Baby Name Catalogue, Retrieved 6 May 2013

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Proper noun[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Prefix[edit]

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Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

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