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Kanji Detail for 顛 - "summit, fall, origin, deranged"

顛

  • Meaning

    顛 means "summit, fall, origin, deranged."

    1. Summit - The top; the crown of the head; a mountain peak.

    2. Fall - To topple; to overturn; to stumble.

    3. Origin - The beginning; the source.

    4. Deranged - Not in one's right mind; eccentric.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    overturn; summit; origin

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    top, peak, summit; upset

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    peak, summit, top; to upset

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The top of the head. The Book of Odes says: "A horse with a white blaze." | The origin. 顛末 is like 本末 (beginning and end). Refers to the start and end of a matter. | To fall. The Analects says: "When one stumbles and is not helped up." | Interchangeable with 癲 (mad) in 癲狂. Tang's Zhang Xu was called Zhang Dian by the world. Song's Mi Fu was also called Mi Dian.
  • Onyomitip

    ten(てん) てん

  • Kunyomitip

    itadaki(いただき) いただき

    tao.reru(たおれる) たおれる

  • Strokestip

    19 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    頁 (ogai・ichinokai)

  • Related Keywords
    summit top crown head mountain peak fall topple overturn stumble origin beginning source deranged right

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