峭

峭 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 山火月 (UFB), four-corner 2972₇, composition ⿰山肖)

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• KangXi: page 311, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8085
• Dae Jaweon: page 611, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 773, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5CED

Originally Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰews) : semantic 阜 (“soil mountain”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews), later Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰews) : semantic 山 (“mountain”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

Cognate with Burmese စောက် (cauk, “‌steep, depth”). Compare also with Burmese စက် (cak, “severe, chilly”).

峭

1. steep; precipitous; rugged

   陡峭  ―  dǒuqiào  ―  steep; precipitous

   懸崖峭壁／悬崖峭壁  ―  xuányáqiàobì  ―  sheer precipices and overhanging rocks; perilous cliffs and precipices

2. (literary) stern; severe

   峭直  ―  qiàozhí  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

3. cold

   料峭  ―  liàoqiào  ―  chilly

4. to make more strict

• (steep):

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: きびしい (kibishii, 峭しい); けわしい (kewashii, 峭しい)

峭 (eum 초 (cho))

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峭: Hán Nôm readings: tiếu, tiễu

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