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巅

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Strokes
19
Radical
山 +16
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
巔
Common rank
#4,541
Unicode
U+5DC5

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How 巅 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

The top 颠 of a mountain 山; 颠 also provides the pronunciation

Components 山 颠

Words with 巅

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WordPinyinMeaning
山巅 shān diān summit
巅峰 diān fēng summit; apex; pinnacle (of one's career etc); peak (of a civilization etc)
阆风巅 Láng fēng diān Langfeng Mountain; same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in …