diān

top

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
页 meaning component

  Meaning component

xié

  

page

真 sound component

  Sound component

zhēn

  

real

Evolution

颠 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
颠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
颠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
颠 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
颠 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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diān

top, peak, summit; upset; top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt

Most common words with 颠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

apex

颠倒

to reverse

颠覆

to capsize

颠簸

to shake

不列颠

Britain

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.7527% of movies

2202nd most common character in movies

2134th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Traditional

Unicode

U+98A0


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