摧

摧 — choe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading: 꺾을 최
Romanization: choe
English: destroy, break, injure
Mandarin: cuī
Japanese on'yomi: サ, サイ, ビ, スイ, セ
Japanese kun'yomi: くだ.く
Japanese usage: Not on either list
Strokes: 14
Radical: 手 (64, 11 residual)
Phonetic component: 崔(최)
Unicode: U+6467

Parts that make up 摧

扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
崔 성(姓)/높을 최sound 산 위의 새높다. ‘최’ 계열의 소리

How 摧 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 摧 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 崔.

Japanese words with 摧

摧邪輪ざいじゃりん Tract for Destroying Heretical Views (Buddhist treatise by Myoe, ca. 1212 CE)

Characters sharing the phonetic 崔

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 “최” in Korean.

催漼璀

Other hanja with radical 手

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