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崇

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high; sublime; lofty; to esteem; to worship

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HSK 3.0
Level 6
Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
11
Radical
山 +8
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
崇
Common rank
#1,796
Unicode
U+5D07

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Formation & memory

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How 崇 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

山 meaning “mountain” + 宗 sound ( zōng )

Components 山 宗

How to remember it

worship · Heisig RSH #909

山 mountain + 宗 religion

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 崇

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
崇义县 Chóng yì Xiàn Chongyi, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi
崇阳县 Chóng yáng Xiàn Chongyang, a county in Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市[Xian2 ning2 Shi4], Hubei
崇文门 Chóng wén mén Chongwenmen gate in Beijing
崇州市 Chóng zhōu Shì Chongzhou, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan
崇信县 Chóng xìn Xiàn Chongxin, a county in Pingliang City 平涼市|平凉市[Ping2 liang2 Shi4], Gansu
崇川区 Chóng chuān Qū Chongchuan, a district of Nantong City 南通市[Nan2 tong1 Shi4], Jiangsu
崇礼区 Chóng lǐ Qū Chongli, a district of Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 Shi4], Hebei
崇仁县 Chóng rén Xiàn Chongren, a county in Fuzhou City 撫州市|抚州市[Fu3 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi
个人崇拜 gè rén chóng bài personality cult
崇左市 Chóng zuǒ Shì Chongzuo, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3…
崇高 chóng gāo majestic; sublime
崇义 Chóng yì see 崇義縣|崇义县[Chong2 yi4 Xian4]
崇明 Chóng míng Chongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River; Chongming District of Shanghai, compr…
崇阳 Chóng yáng see 崇陽縣|崇阳县[Chong2 yang2 Xian4]
崇州 Chóng zhōu see 崇州市[Chong2 zhou1 Shi4]
崇拜者 chóng bài zhě worshipper
崇信 Chóng xìn see 崇信縣|崇信县[Chong2 xin4 Xian4]
崇洋 chóng yáng to idolize foreign things
崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of forei…
崇川 Chóng chuān see 崇川區|崇川区[Chong2 chuan1 Qu1]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 宗 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
宗 sound part zōng ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect
棕 zōng hemp palm; palm tree
综 zōng to sum up; to arrange threads for weaving
踪 zōng footprints, traces, tracks
粽 zòng a dumpling made of glutinous rice
鬃 zōng mane; neck bristles
琮 cóng an octagonal jade ornament
淙 cóng the sound of water gurgling
腙 zōng an organic compound