cuì

rocky peaks

Components
山 meaning component

  Meaning component

shān

  

mountain

mountain

卒 sound component

  Sound component

  

soldier, to finish

Evolution

崒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
崒 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
崒 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

rocky peaks; lofty and dangerous

 

cuì

jagged mountain peaks (poetic)