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Translingual
Han character
巔 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 山十金金 (UJCC), four-corner 22886, composition ⿱山顛)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 323, character 6
- Dae Jaweon: page 623, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 808, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5DD4
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 寘
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*tjels
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| 䡩
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*kʰriːn
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| 黰
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*ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ
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| 顛
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*tiːn, *tʰiːns
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| 滇
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*tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn
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| 齻
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*tiːn
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| 槙
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*tiːn, *tjinʔ
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| 瘨
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*tiːn
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| 傎
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*tiːn
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| 蹎
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*tiːn
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| 厧
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*tiːn
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| 巔
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*tiːn
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| 癲
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*tiːn
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| 瑱
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*tʰiːns, *tins
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| 填
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*diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins
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| 窴
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*diːn, *diːns
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| 闐
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*diːn, *diːns
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| 磌
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*diːn, *tjin
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| 鷏
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*diːn
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| 嗔
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*diːn, *tʰjin
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| 搷
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*diːn
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| 鎮
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*tin, *tins
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| 縝
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*tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
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| 真
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*ʔljin
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| 禛
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*tjin
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| 稹
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*ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ
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| 蒖
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*tjin
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| 鬒
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*ʔljinʔ
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| 瞋
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*tʰjin
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| 謓
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*tʰjin
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| 慎
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*djins
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiːn) : semantic 山 + phonetic 顛 (OC *tiːn, *tʰiːns).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (“upper part”). Cognate with 顛 (OC *tiːn, “top of the head”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- diêng1 - Chaozhou;
- diang1 - Shantou.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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巔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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17046
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Phonetic
component
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眞
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Rime
group
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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顚
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Old
Chinese
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/*tiːn/
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Definitions
巔
- summit of mountain; mountain top; peak
- highest; top
- (traditional Chinese medicine, anatomy) head
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
巔
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
巔 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn)
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