崛
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towering as a peak
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 山 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 崛
- Common rank
- #4,214
- Unicode
- U+5D1B
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 崛
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 崛地而起 | lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new fe… | |
| 崛起 | to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly… | |
| 崛立 | to tower over; rising (to a dominant position) | |
| 奇崛 | strange and prominent |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 屈 — compare how they read.