摧

摧 U+6467, 摧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6467 ← 摦 [U+6466] CJK Unified Ideographs 摨 → [U+6468]

Translingual

Han character

摧 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手山人土 (QUOG), four-corner 5201₄, composition ⿰扌崔)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 450, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12609
• Dae Jaweon: page 801, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1946, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6467

Chinese

simp. and trad.		摧

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (崔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嗺	*ʔslo, *ʔsluːl, *sluːl, *ʔslul, *ʔslulʔ
催	*sʰluːl
璀	*sʰluːlʔ
皠	*sʰluːlʔ
漼	*sʰluːlʔ
鏙	*sʰluːlʔ
摧	*zluːl
崔	*zluːl, *sʰluːl
慛	*zluːl
槯	*zluːl
繀	*sluːls
膗	*zruːl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuī (cui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi¹ / ceoi⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhui / chûi / chhôe / jôe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuei
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui¹
    • Yale: tswēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuei
    • Palladius: цуй (cuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceoi¹ / ceoi⁴
    • Yale: chēui / chèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey¹ / tsoey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu¹ / cêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhui
    • Tâi-lô: tshui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûi
    • Tâi-lô: tsuî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sui²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhôe
    • Tâi-lô: tshuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoee
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰue²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰue²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jôe
    • Tâi-lô: juê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: joee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zue¹³/

Note:

• chhui - vernacular;
• chûi/chhôe/jôe - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: dzwoj

Rime
Character	摧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	昨回切
Baxter	dzwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuoi/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zuɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwəj/
Li Rong	/d͡zuᴀi/
Wang Li	/d͡zuɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zluːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	摧
Reading #	1/1
No.	1882
Phonetic component	崔
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	摧
Old Chinese	/*zluːl/

Definitions

摧

1. to break; to smash; to destroy

Compounds

• 勢如摧山 / 势如摧山
• 勢若摧枯 / 势若摧枯
• 地崩山摧
• 堅不可摧 / 坚不可摧 (jiānbùkěcuī)
• 天摧地塌 (tiāncuīdìtā)
• 崩摧 (bēngcuī)
• 悲摧 (bēicuī)
• 拉朽摧枯
• 摧剝 / 摧剥
• 摧剛為柔 / 摧刚为柔
• 摧堅 / 摧坚
• 摧堅殪敵 / 摧坚殪敌
• 摧堅獲醜 / 摧坚获丑
• 摧堅陷陣 / 摧坚陷阵
• 摧壞 / 摧坏
• 摧山攪海 / 摧山搅海
• 摧心剖肝
• 摧志屈道
• 摧折 (cuīzhé)
• 摧挫
• 摧撓 / 摧挠
• 摧敗 / 摧败
• 摧枯折腐
• 摧枯拉朽 (cuīkū lāxiǔ)
• 摧殘 / 摧残 (cuīcán)
• 摧毀 / 摧毁 (cuīhuǐ)
• 摧燒 / 摧烧
• 摧眉
• 摧眉折腰
• 摧絕 / 摧绝
• 摧胸破肝
• 摧花斫柳
• 摧藏
• 摧蘭折玉 / 摧兰折玉
• 摧身碎首
• 摧辱
• 摧鋒陷陣 / 摧锋陷阵
• 摧陷
• 摧陷廓清
• 摧頹 / 摧颓
• 摧顏 / 摧颜
• 樹倒根摧 / 树倒根摧
• 無堅不摧 / 无坚不摧 (wújiānbùcuī)
• 玉石俱摧
• 蘭摧玉折 / 兰摧玉折
• 蘭摧蕙折 / 兰摧蕙折
• 辣手摧花

References

• “摧”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 摧

摧

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ざい (zai)、ぜ (ze)
• Kan-on: さい (sai)
• Kun: くだく (kudaku, 摧く)

Korean

Hanja 1

摧 (eumhun 꺾을 최 (kkeokkeul choe))

1. to bend and snap; to shatter
2. to be bent, be broken
3. to worry; to grieve
4. to press down on
5. to block; to destroy
6. to annihilate
7. to collapse
8. to shove; to reject
9. to reach, arrive at
10. to step back
11. to fall back

Hanja 2

摧 (eumhun 꼴 좌 (kkol jwa))

1. forage grass
2. to cut grass for livestock