Hanja Analyzer
最

最 — choe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가장 최
Romanization
choe
English
most, extremely, exceedingly
Mandarin
zuì
Japanese on'yomi
サイ, サツ
Japanese kun'yomi
もっと.も つま
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#82 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
冣
Radical
冂 (13, 10 residual)
Unicode
U+6700

Parts that make up 最

  • 日 가로 왈Japanese form of 曰 입에서 나온 말말하는 일. 日 과 달리 납작하다
  • 取 가질 취 귀를 잡은 손잡아 가지는 일. ‘취·추’ 계열의 소리

How 最 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 最 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 宀, 取.

Korean example words with 最

  • 최장最長 Korean gloss: 가장 긺
  • 최종最終 Korean gloss: 맨 나중
  • 최초最初 Korean gloss: 맨 처음
  • 최고最高 Korean gloss: 가장 높음
  • 최량最良 Korean gloss: 가장 좋음
  • 최악最惡 Korean gloss: 가장 나쁨
  • 최저最低 Korean gloss: 가장 낮음
  • 최고最古 Korean gloss: 가장 오래됨
  • 최신最新 Korean gloss: 가장 새로움
  • 최적最適 Korean gloss: 가장 알맞음
  • 최렴最廉 Korean gloss: 가장 싼 물건값
  • 최후最後 Korean gloss: 삶의 마지막 순간

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

Japanese words with 最

  • 最ももっとも most; extremely
  • 最近さいきん recently; lately; these days
  • 最後さいご end; conclusion; last
  • 最高さいこう best; supreme; wonderful
  • 最終さいしゅう last; final; closing
  • 最初さいしょ beginning; outset; first
  • 最大さいだい biggest; greatest; largest
  • 最低さいてい least; lowest; minimum
  • 最高裁さいこうさい Supreme Court
  • 最終的さいしゅうてき final; eventual; ultimate
  • 最多さいた most (numerous); largest (number of)
  • 最悪さいあく worst; horrible; horrid

Characters sharing the phonetic 最

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

嘬 撮 蕞

Other hanja read “최”

催 凗 嗺 嘬 崔 摧 榱 漼 璀 磪 縗 脧

Other hanja with radical 冂

冂 冃 冄 内 円 冉 冊 册 再 冏 冐 冑 冒 冓 冔 冕

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