顛

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See also: 颠 and 顚

顛 U+985B, 顛
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-985B
← 顚
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 顜 →

Translingual

Han character

顛 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 十金一月金 (JCMBC), four-corner 21886, composition ⿰真頁)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1408, character 6
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1926, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4385, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+985B

Chinese

trad. 顛/顚
simp. 颠
2nd round simp. 𱂪
alternative forms 㒹

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 顛
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (真) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
寘 *tjels
䡩 *kʰriːn
黰 *ʔriːn, *ʔljinʔ
顛 *tiːn, *tʰiːns
滇 *tiːn, *tʰiːns, *diːn
齻 *tiːn
槙 *tiːn, *tjinʔ
瘨 *tiːn
傎 *tiːn
蹎 *tiːn
厧 *tiːn
巔 *tiːn
癲 *tiːn
瑱 *tʰiːns, *tins
填 *diːn, *diːns, *tin, *tins
窴 *diːn, *diːns
闐 *diːn, *diːns
磌 *diːn, *tjin
鷏 *diːn
嗔 *diːn, *tʰjin
搷 *diːn
鎮 *tin, *tins
縝 *tʰin, *ʔljinʔ, *tʰjin
真 *ʔljin
禛 *tjin
稹 *ʔljin, *ʔljinʔ
蒖 *tjin
鬒 *ʔljinʔ
瞋 *tʰjin
謓 *tʰjin
慎 *djins

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tiːn, *tʰiːns) : phonetic 真 (OC *ʔljin) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Etymology

“top; peak”
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-tjaŋ (“upper part”). Cognate with 巔 (OC *tiːn, “mountain top”).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • diānr - “to run hoppingly; to run”.
Note:
  • tian - literary;
  • thian - vernacular.
Note:
  • diang1/diêng1 - literary (diêng1 - Chaozhou);
  • ding1 - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 顛
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 端 (5)
    Final (韻) 先 (85)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 都年切
    Baxter ten
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ten/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ten/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/tɛn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/tɛn/
    Li
    Rong         		/ten/
    Wang
    Li         		/tien/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/tien/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		diān
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		din1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 顛
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		diān
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ ten ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tˁi/
    English top

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 顛
    Reading # 1/2
    No. 17038
    Phonetic
    component         		眞
    Rime
    group         		眞
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		顚
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tiːn/

    Definitions

    顛

    1. top of the head; crown
    2. top; peak; summit
      See also: 巔
    3. to fall; to topple; to upset
      alt. forms: 蹎 (diān)
    4. inverted
    5. to bump; to jerk; to jolt
    6. Alternative form of 癲／癫 (diān, “to be crazy; to go mad”)
    7. a surname

    Compounds

    Pronunciation 2

    Definitions

    顛

    1. Alternative form of 闐／阗 (tián, “full”)
    2. Used in 顛顛／颠颠 (tiántián).

    Pronunciation 3

    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 顛
    Reading # 2/2
    No. 17049
    Phonetic
    component         		眞
    Rime
    group         		眞
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		瑱
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tʰiːns/
    Notes 同瑱

    Definitions

    顛

    1. Alternative form of 瑱 (“jade ornaments hung over the ears”)

    Japanese

    Shinjitai
    (extended)

    		顛

    Kyūjitai

    		顚

    Kanji

    顛

    (Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 顚)

    1. Extended shinjitai form of 顚

    Readings

    Definitions

    For pronunciation and definitions of 顛 – see the following entry: 顚

    (The following entry is uncreated: 顚.)

    Korean

    Hanja

    顛 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

    1. Alternative form of 顚

    References

    • Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005).

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    顛: Hán Nôm readings: điên, đen

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