崇 (chóng): high, sublime, lofty
崇 (chóng) is a Chinese character meaning “high.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 山 (semantic) and 宗 (phonetic). It ranks #1473 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 崇 mountain. Its radical form 山 (mountain) appears in many related characters such as 山 (shān, mountain), 岁 (suì, years old), 岸 (àn, bank).
Definitions
- high
- sublime
- lofty
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 崇
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崇高adjective | chóng gāo | majestic |
| 崇拜者noun | chóng bài zhě | worshipper |
| 崇尚verb | chóng shàng | to hold up (as an model) |
| 崇敬verb | chóng jìng | to revere |
| 推崇verb | tuī chóng | to esteem |
| 尊崇verb | zūn chóng | to revere |
| 个人崇拜noun | gè rén chóng bài | personality cult |
| 崇阳proper-noun | chóng yáng | see 崇陽縣|崇阳县 |
| 崇山峻岭phrase | chóng shān jùn lǐng | towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom) |
| 崇文门 | chóng wén mén | Chongwenmen gate in Beijing |
| 崇信verb | chóng xìn | see 崇信縣|崇信县 |
| 崇明岛proper-noun | chóng míng dǎo | Chongming Island, at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai |
| 崇州市 | chóng zhōu shì | Chongzhou, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市, Sichuan |
| 崇礼区 | chóng lǐ qū | Chongli, a district of Zhangjiakou City 張家口市|张家口市, Hebei |
| 崇左市 | chóng zuǒ shì | Chongzuo, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区 |
崇 appears in 35 compound words: 83 as the first character, 6 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 崇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
写好崇字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo chóng zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "崇" correctly, one must master the proper stroke order.
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美伊战争效应蔓延 崇越:上游先反应、原物料涨势难避免
měi yī zhàn zhēng xiào yīng màn yán chóng yuè : shàng yóu xiān fǎn yīng , yuán wù liào zhǎng shì nán bì miǎn
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chéng xìn jīn róng lùn tán yī yín zǒng jīng lǐ zhōu cháo chóng : zhěng gě zī yuán duō guǎn qí xià
Integrity Finance Forum / Zhou Chaochong, General Manager of First Bank: Integrating Resources and Adopting a Multi-Pronged Approach
AI效应和海外布局持续扩张 崇越2026年拚双位数成长
A I xiào yīng hé hǎi wài bù jú chí xù kuò zhāng chóng yuè 2 0 2 6 nián 拚 shuāng wèi shǔ chéng cháng
With the AI effect and continued expansion of its overseas operations, Chongyue Aims for Double-Digit Growth in 2026
崇越科技 2025 年 EPS 达 21....
chóng yuè kē jì 2 0 2 5 nián E P S dá 2 1 . . . .
Chongyue Technology's EPS to reach 21 in 2025....
安妮有许多崇拜者。
ānnī yǒu xǔduō chóngbàizhě.
Anne has many admirers.
无知是恐惧之母，也是崇拜之母。
Wúzhī shì kǒngjù zhī mǔ, yě shì chóngbài zhī mǔ.
Ignorance is the mother of fear as well as of admiration.
学生们崇拜新的英语老师。
Xuésheng men chóngbài xīn de Yīngyǔ lǎoshī.
The students adore the new English teacher.
从根本上说，十二生肖的形成，与动物崇拜有关。
Cóng gēnběn shàng shuō, shí'èr shēngxiào de xíngchéng, yǔ dòngwù chóngbài yǒuguān.
Fundamentally, the formation of the twelve zodiac signs is related to animal worship.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 山 (mountain) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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