Chinese symbol for “lofty”
矗
chù
lofty; upright
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lofty is 矗 (chù), defined as: lofty; upright.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “lofty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 突兀 | tū wù | lofty; towering; sudden; abrupt |
| 高远 (高遠) | gāo yuǎn | lofty |
| 峨 | é | lofty; name of a mountain |
| 巍峨 | wēi é | lofty; towering |
| 高大 | gāo dà | tall; lofty; towering |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 矗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矗立 | chù lì | to tower; standing tall and upright (of large building) |
| 高矗 | gāo chù | towering |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lofty”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.