TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
崇
ㄔㄨㄥˊ · chóng
verb/adj — to revere, esteem; lofty, high
字源 FORM — what the parts do
{zh,z,ch}Izōng → chóng — the dental z slid back to ch
A mountain (山) for height, with 宗 zōng for the sound, its z- sliding back to ch-. The original is a towering mountain; what towers, you look up to — hence to revere: 崇高、崇拜.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
山高得要抬頭看，看著看著，人就矮了下去。
The mountain stands so high you tilt your head back — and looking up, you feel yourself grow small.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)崇高、高峻— lofty, towering
→崇拜、崇敬— to revere, worship常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
宗zōngthe sound donor — 宗 is the ancestral hall; 崇 adds on top嵩sōngthe lookalike — 嵩 stacks over 高; 崇 sets over