最
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
最 (radical 13 冂+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日尸十水 (ASJE), four-corner 60147, composition ⿱日取)
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
| simp. and trad. |
最 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin[edit]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zloːds): semantic 曰 + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chui
- Min Nan (POJ): chòe
- Wu (Wiktionary): tsoe (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: tsui4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuey
- IPA (key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zeoi3
- Yale: jeui
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoei3
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕɵy̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chui
- Hakka Romanization System: zui
- Hagfa Pinyim: zui4
- IPA: /t͡su̯i⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe
- Tâi-lô: tsuè
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoex
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sue²¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: tsoe (T2)
- IPA (key): /t͡sø³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
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Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 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/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sə⁴²/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sei⁵⁵/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡səi⁵⁵/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sui⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sui⁵³/ |
| 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/ |
| 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 |
/t͡suɑiH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/t͡sʷɑiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/t͡suɑiH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/t͡swajH/ |
| Li Rong |
/t͡suɑiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/t͡suɑiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/t͡suɑiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
zuì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 最 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
zuì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ tswajH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ts]ˤot-s/ |
| English | collect; most |
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
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| 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
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
最
Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Compounds of 最
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Names derived from 最
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
最 (hiragana かなめ, romaji Kaname)
- A male given name [2]
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- A female given name
Prefix[edit]
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 • (choe) (hangeul 최, revised choe, McCune-Reischauer ch'oe, Yale choy)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
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