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崛
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eminent

HSK 7
Nature →Elements →Landforms
jué
クツ
そばだ.つ、たか.い
굴
Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 屈 represents the sound.
Components
山 mountain+ 屈 knuckle under =
崛 eminent
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
mountain, hill, peak
屈 Phonetic component
qū knuckle under
bend, flex
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Notes
Similar Characters
冈 ridge or crest of hill (simp)仙 immortal屾 氙 xenon汕 basket for catching fish灿 vivid (simp)疝 hernia籼 long-grained rice (simp)舢 sampan訕 slander (trad)讪 vilify (simp)赸 密 secret屵 tall mountain屹 to rise high屺 a hill with屿 island (alt) (simp)岈 岌 hazardous岍 name of a mountain (5c8d)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
崛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
崛 [jué]
towering as a peak
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (4)
崛起 [jué​qǐ] #13,386
to rise abruptly (to a towering position)
崛立 [jué​lì] #73,559
to tower over
奇崛 [qí​jué]
strange and prominent
崛地而起 [jué​dì​'ér​qǐ]
lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
崛起 [くっき] #160,499
standing out from the crowd