Translingual[edit]
Stroke order
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Han character[edit]
最 (Kangxi 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]
Glyph origin[edit]
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Old Chinese
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陬
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*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo
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棷
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*ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru
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掫
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*ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
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緅
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*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos
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趣
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*sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos
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取
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*sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ
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鯫
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*zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo
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棸
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*rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru
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鄹
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*ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
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郰
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*ʔsru
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齱
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*ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ
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菆
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*ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn
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箃
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*ʔsru
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黀
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*ʔsru
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驟
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*zrus
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最
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*zloːds
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襊
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*sʰoːds, *sʰoːd
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蕞
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*zoːds
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嘬
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*sʰroːds
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諏
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*ʔslo
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娵
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*ʔslo
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娶
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*sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo
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聚
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*zloʔ, *zlos
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埾
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*zlos
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藂
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*zloːŋ
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叢
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*zloːŋ
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繓
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*ʔsoːd
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撮
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*ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *zloːds): semantic 冃 + phonetic 取 (OC *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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最
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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zuì
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Middle Chinese
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‹ tswajH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*[ts]ˁot-s/
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English
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collect; most
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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最
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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10645
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Phonetic component
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取
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Rime group
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祭
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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最
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Old Chinese
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/*zloːds/
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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
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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最, 至
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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最
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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最, 頂
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Taiwan
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最
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Jinan
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最, 頂
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Xi'an
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最
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Wuhan
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頂
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Chengdu
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最, 第一
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Guilin
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最
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Yangzhou
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頂, 最
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Hefei
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頂, 最
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Malaysia
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最
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Singapore
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最
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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最, 至
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Hong Kong
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最, 至
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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最
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Taishan
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最, 至
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Yangjiang
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至
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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最
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Hepu (Shatian)
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最
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Beihai
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最
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Beihai (Nankang)
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最
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Beihai (Yingpan)
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最
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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最
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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最
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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最
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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最
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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最
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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最
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Móng Cái
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最
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Gan
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Nanchang
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頂
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Hakka
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Meixian
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最, 第一
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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盡, 最
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Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)
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最, 盡
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)
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最
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Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)
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盡, 最
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)
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最
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Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)
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頭
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Hong Kong
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最
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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頂
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Min Bei
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Jian'ou
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頂, 最, 第一
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Min Dong
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Fuzhou
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第一, 最
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Matsu
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第一
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Min Nan
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Xiamen
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第一, 第, 一, 上
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Quanzhou
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第一, 第, 上
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Jinjiang
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上
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Zhangzhou
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第一, 上
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Zhao'an
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上
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Dongshan
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上
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Taipei
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上
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Kaohsiung
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上
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Yilan
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上
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Changhua (Lukang)
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上
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Taichung
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上
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Tainan
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上
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Hsinchu
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上
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Kinmen
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上
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Penang (Hokkien)
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第一
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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上
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Manila (Hokkien)
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第, 上
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Chaozhou
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上頂, 上
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Shantou
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上, 最
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Shantou (Chaoyang)
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一
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Jieyang
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上, 上頂
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Singapore (Teochew)
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上
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Pontianak (Teochew)
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上
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Wenchang
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最
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Qionghai
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最
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Wu
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Shanghai
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最, 最最, 頂
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Suzhou
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頂, 最
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Ningbo
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頂, 頂頂
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Wenzhou
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頂, 最
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Xiang
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Changsha
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頂, 最
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Shuangfeng
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頂, 最
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Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
最
(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
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”)
- Uncommon
Names derived from 最
- Family names
- Female given names[1]
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
最 • (Kaname)
- A male given name [2]
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
最 • (Sai)
- A female given name
最 • (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
最 (eumhun 가장 최 (gajang choe))
- Hanja form? of 최 (“most”).
Compounds[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
最: Hán Nôm readings: tối, tíu, tụi, tếu
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