崢 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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zhēng

high

Components

山 Meaning component

shān

mountain

爭 Sound component

zhēng

strife, quarrel

Evolution

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhēng

high, lofty, noble; steep, perilous; excel; lofty

Most common words with 崢

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	峥	excel
	峥嵘	towering
	岁月峥嵘	eventful years
	头角峥嵘	promise of brilliant young person (idiom); showing extraordinary gifts

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[dz]ˤreŋ	dzreang	zhēng	崢嶸 high, precipitous

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4958th most common character in books

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