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What 峥 means in a Chinese namezhēng

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峥zhēng · B
tier B

高峻的样子。

Steep, and high with it.

1 处原典 · 1 部典籍 · 全部可核

高得没有底也望不到顶 So high it has neither floor nor ceiling

下峥嵘而无地兮,上寥廓而无天。

Below, the crags fall away with no ground; above, the emptiness has no sky.

楚辞 · 远游 · our translation
Here 峥嵘 is height with no ground beneath and no sky above: a name takes the unusualness of that, not just the height. 「峥嵘」在这里是高得下面没有地、上面望不到天——名字用「峥」,取的是这个「高得不寻常」。
峥嵘峥嵘岁月峥之峥然峥宇子峥
In a name

峥 is not steadiness but unusual height — it carries an edge.

「峥」不是稳,是「不一样地高」——带一点锋利。