巔

See also: 巅 and 巓

巔	U+5DD4, 巔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DD4

← 巓
[U+5DD3]

CJK Unified Ideographs

巕 →
[U+5DD5]

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

trad.		巔/巓
simp.		巅
2nd round simp.		𱂪
alternative forms		⿰⿳十且八页 2nd round simp. (1981)

Glyph origin

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): semantic 山 + phonetic 顛 (OC *tiːn, *tʰiːns).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tVŋ (“upper part”). Cognate with 顛 (OC *tiːn, “top of the head”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diān (dian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹
Eastern Min (BUC): diĕng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tian

(Teochew, Peng'im): diêng¹ / diang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹ti

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dian
  - Wade–Giles: tien¹
  - Yale: dyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dian
  - Palladius: дянь (djanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: din¹
  - Yale: dīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: din¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: diĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian
  - Tâi-lô: tian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diêng¹ / diang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tieng / tiang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tieŋ³³/, /tiaŋ³³/

Note:

diêng1 - Chaozhou;
diang1 - Shantou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ti
  - MiniDict: ti^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ti
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ti⁵³/

Middle Chinese: ten

Rime
Character	巔
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

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tiːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	巔
Reading #	1/1
No.	17046
Phonetic component	眞
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	顚
Old Chinese	/*tiːn/

Definitions

巔

summit of mountain; mountain top; peak
highest; top
(traditional Chinese medicine, anatomy) head

Compounds

山巔 / 山巅 (shāndiān)
峰巔 / 峰巅 (fēngdiān)
巔峰 / 巅峰 (diānfēng)
巔峰狀態 / 巅峰状态
巔峰負載 / 巅峰负载
巔崖 / 巅崖
巔崖峻谷 / 巅崖峻谷
巔疾 / 巅疾
巔越 / 巅越
彩虹之巔 / 彩虹之巅

Japanese

Kanji

巔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): てん (ten)
Kun: いただき (itadaki)

Korean

Hanja

巔 • (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn)

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