Hanja Analyzer
崇

崇 — sung

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
높을 숭
Romanization
sung
English
esteem, honor, revere, venerate
Mandarin
chóng
Japanese on'yomi
スウ, シュウ, ソウ, ズ, シュ
Japanese kun'yomi
あが.める
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,970 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
山 (46, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
宗(종)
Unicode
U+5D07

Parts that make up 崇

  • 山 메 산 솟은 봉우리 셋산과 산에 있는 것
  • 宗 마루 종sound 조상을 모신 집마루. ‘종·숭’ 계열의 소리

How 崇 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 崇 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 山, 宗.

Korean example words with 崇

  • 숭반崇班 Korean gloss: 높은 지위나 벼슬
  • 숭상崇尙 Korean gloss: 높여 소중히 여김
  • 숭경崇敬 Korean gloss: 높여 존경하고 사모함
  • 숭문崇文 Korean gloss: 글을 숭상함. 또는 문학을 높임
  • 숭신하다崇信 Korean gloss: 우러러 공경하여 믿다
  • 숭앙되다崇仰 Korean gloss: 공경되어 우러러보이다
  • 존숭하다尊崇 Korean gloss: 높이 받들어 숭배하다
  • 숭봉하다崇奉 Korean gloss: 우러러 공경하며 받들다
  • 숭불하다崇佛 Korean gloss: 부처, 불교를 높여 소중히 여기다
  • 융숭하다隆崇 Korean gloss: 대우하는 태도가 정중하고 극진하다
  • 숭엄하다崇嚴 Korean gloss: 높고 고상하며 범할 수 없을 정도로 엄숙하다
  • 숭배되다崇拜 Korean gloss: 신이나 부처 따위의 종교적 대상이 우러러져 신앙이 되다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 崇

  • 崇拝すうはい worship; adoration; admiration
  • 崇高すうこう lofty; sublime; noble
  • 崇敬すうけい reverence
  • 尊崇そんすう reverence; veneration
  • 崇めるあがめる to revere; to respect; to worship
  • 崇拝者すうはいしゃ worshipper; admirer
  • 崇まふあがまう to look up to; to respect
  • 崇高美すうこうび sublime beauty
  • 黄金崇拝おうごんすうはい mammon worship
  • 偶像崇拝ぐうぞうすうはい idolatry; idol worship
  • 祖先崇拝そせんすうはい ancestor worship
  • 天皇崇拝てんのうすうはい emperor worship

Characters sharing the phonetic 宗

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “종” in Korean.

Other hanja read “숭”

Other hanja with radical 山

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences