崔

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(literary) (of mountains) lofty

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A bird 隹 faced with a mountain 山

Components 山隹

Cui · Heisig RSH #1937

山 mountain + turkey — as a component also called: pterodactyl

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
崔永元	Cuī Yǒng yuán	Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter
崔明慧	Cuī Míng huì	Christine Choy (1964-), Chinese-American film director
崔健	Cuī Jiàn	Cui Jian (1961-), father of Chinese rock music
崔鸿	Cuī Hóng	Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
崔圭夏	Cuī Guī xià	Choe Gyuha (1919-2006), South Korean politician, president 1979-1980
崔萤	Cuī Yíng	Choi Yeong (1316-1388), general of Korean Goryeo dynasty
崔巍	cuī wēi	tall; towering
崔嵬	Cuī Wéi	Cui Wei (1912-1979), actor, dramatist and movie director
崔嵬	cuī wéi	stony mound; rocky mountain; lofty; towering
崔颢	Cuī Hào	Cui Hao (-754), Tang dynasty poet and author of poem Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓\|黄鹤楼
崔琦	Cuī Qí	Daniel C. Tsui (1939-), Chinese-born American physicist, winner of 1998 Nobel Prize in Phy…

These characters use 崔 as their sound component — compare how they read.