rough

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
山 meaning component

  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

奇 sound component

  Sound component

  

strange

Evolution

崎 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
崎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

rough, uneven, jagged, rugged; mountainous

Most common words with 崎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

mountainous

崎岖

rugged

宫崎

Miyazaki (Japanese surname and place name)

长崎

Nagasaki, Japan

川崎

Kawasaki (name)